FXUS65 KSLC 031022

AFDSLC



Area Forecast Discussion

National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT

322 AM MST Tue Feb 3 2026



.KEY MESSAGES...



- Building high pressure will bring dry and mild conditions for

  the remainder of the week. 



- The ridge is expected to move east of the area over the weekend,

  allowing for a more active pattern to develop by early next

  week. 



&&



.DISCUSSION...High pressure is centered over California this

morning, putting Utah and southwest Wyoming under a dry north to

northwest flow aloft. Thus, dry and mild conditions continue with

maxes today expected to average 10F above seasonal normals. A wave

moving over the top of the ridge into the central United States

will bring an increase in high clouds during the day, with little

if any other impacts. 



There is high confidence that the ridge will build and gradually

shift east for the remainder of the work week. This will bring a

steady warming trend for much of the area through Thursday, when

the ridge axis moves overhead. The exception to this will be

valleys prone to inversion conditions, where little change in

temperatures is expected. The building inversions will also bring

some decrease in air quality and visibility. 



By the weekend, the ridge is expected to make its way east of the

area in response to two troughs, one over the Pacific Northwest

and one over southern California, moving onshore along the Pacific

coast. Though associated precipitation with these systems

currently looks to be limited at best, their arrival looks to

finally usher in a pattern change, with guidance showing storm

systems continuing to impact the area for much of next week.

Though confidence remains low in the timing, track, and associated

precipitation with any individual storm system, confidence is

relatively high in the overall change to a cooler and more

unsettled pattern across the entire forecast area. 



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.AVIATION...KSLC...VFR conditions prevail over the KSLC terminal 

under increasing high level cloud cover. Light diurnally driven 

winds are expected through the forecast period, with southerly 

drainage flow becoming a northerly upvalley flow after 18-19Z.



.REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING...VFR conditions will prevail 

across the area today with no surface weather concerns. High level 

cloud cover will spread across the northern half of Utah and 

southwest Wyoming through the morning. A majority of winds will be 

light and terrain driven, however, gusty northerly gap winds will 

exist in southwest Utah through the morning and afternoon hours. 



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.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

UT...None.

WY...None.

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PUBLIC...Traphagan

AVIATION...Webber



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