000 
FXUS65 KSLC 111859
AFDSLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1159 AM MST MON FEB 11 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM CROSSING WYOMING TODAY WILL HAVE
LITTLE IMPACT ON THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RETURN TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY THEN WILL GIVE WAY TO A STRONG COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...WEAK SYSTEM PASSING TO OUR EAST TODAY HAS BROUGHT
SOME COOLING AT LOWER LEVELS AND A WEAK SURFACE FRONT THRU THE
NORTH. TEMPS ARE QUITE MILD TODAY IN SPITE OF THIS COLD FRONT DUE
TO FACT THAT AIRMASS IS JUST NOT THAT COLD AND SOME IMPROVED
MIXING. 

RIDGING RETURNS TONIGHT THRU TUE THEN NEXT PACIFIC SHORT WAVE TROF
IS STILL FORECAST TO SEND A SHARP COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA WED
WITH COLD NORTHERLY FLOW THRU THU. 

RIDGING RETURNS AFTER THIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD. 

NO UPDATES PLANNED. 

&&

.AVIATION...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AT THE SLC 
TERMINAL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CIGS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 7000FT 
AGL...THEN SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WEATHER 
DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST. 

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.

&&

$$

WILENSKY/CHENG

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