05-25-2004, 06:03 AM
this just in from the national weather service . . . now what am i gonna do?
...CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-UTAH'S DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 400 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2004
... STRONG PACIFIC STORM EXPECTED FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OVER UTAH BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN A FEW HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS AND WEST DESERTS OF UTAH.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP CONSIDERABLY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BRINGING WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS BACK TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE AREA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET AND WILL LOWER TO NEAR 6000 FT ON SATURDAY MORNING.
COLD... UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
ANYONE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY COLD... WET... AND WINDY CONDITIONS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS AND ADJUST PLANS AS NEEDED. IN ADDITION TO MOTORISTS AND OUTDOOR RECREATIONISTS... HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE REGION....
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...CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL- GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT- SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-UTAH'S DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK- WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH- WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN- WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 400 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2004
... STRONG PACIFIC STORM EXPECTED FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OVER UTAH BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN A FEW HOURS BEFORE OR AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES.
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE WINDY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS AND WEST DESERTS OF UTAH.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP CONSIDERABLY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BRINGING WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS BACK TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE AREA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET AND WILL LOWER TO NEAR 6000 FT ON SATURDAY MORNING.
COLD... UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING WITH VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
ANYONE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY COLD... WET... AND WINDY CONDITIONS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS AND ADJUST PLANS AS NEEDED. IN ADDITION TO MOTORISTS AND OUTDOOR RECREATIONISTS... HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE REGION....
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