Weather outlook for Sept 10

The general weather outlook for September 10th around SLC.

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Second , the NWS synopsis:

Area forecast discussion
National Weather Service Salt Lake City Utah
355 am MDT Sat Sep 10 2011

Synopsis....upper level low over Southern California will remain
nearly stationary through the weekend. A resultant southerly flow
will continue to spread moisture northward through the region. 

Today is a tough love kind of day. We're trapped in a deep moisture surge with the low to our SW stalled out a bit today. This will allow more moisture to pump into the region instead of cutting off the firehose from the south. N Utah is expected to see more precip events and strong TS starting early afternoon. The Uintas will likely overdevelop first, and with the east winds overhead, these storms will drift into the SLC valleys.

Let's dissect this below.


Current Surface Winds
Canyon drainage flow is present, but not as widespread as yesterday. The flows will still top 30mph this morning and back off just as they have by early afternoon.


Winds 12 PM

Height	Direction	Speed	Notes as the day evolves
Surface	N S E W	light
9000 ft	ESE	7-10 mph	becoming a little lighter
12000 ft	SE	12 mph	then 10-13mph later in the day
15000 ft	SE	17-20 mph	14-17 mph later in the day
18000 ft	SE	22 mph	same

Lift Potential & Clouds

High and some mid level clouds will continue to spread across the region. Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy later in the day. Cloud base around 13k with top of lift the same. Valleys to the east for SLC will see top of lift and cloud base around 14-16k. Will deep convection lined up for later today, height of base will dance around a bit.

Over Development & Precip

NWS states 30% chance of TS, which translates to nearly a 100% certainty we'll see large TS in the area. Most storms will be accompanied with rain and strong gusty winds later in the day.


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