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Area Forecast Discussion · National Weather Service Salt Lake City (SLC) · issued Saturday, July 25 at 6:32 PM MDT.

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KSLC. Northwesterly winds will prevail through the evening. Outflows from thunderstorms moving through northern Utah may impact the terminal this evening, with a 20% chance of gusts greater than 26kt/30mph between 02-05z and which would delay the southerly wind shift until 05-06z. There is a 10% chance showers and thunderstorms will develop at the terminal between 03-06z. Generally light daily winds can be expected for Sunday. Expect good visual flying conditions conditions throughout the airport forecasts period.

REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. Across southern and central Utah, isolated showers and thunderstorms will continue over and near the higher terrain through around sunset before diminishing, with gusty and erratic winds near the showers. Across northern Utah, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to move across northwest through north-central Utah through late this evening. Strong and gusty outflow winds and small hail will be possible near these showers, with these outflows spreading out well beyond the showers and potentially impacting terminals across the northwestern third of Utah with gusty and erratic winds. good visual flying conditions conditions will likely prevail, though a heavier shower could produce a temporary VIS reduction.

.FIRE WEATHER, Issued 120 PM MDT Sat Jul 25 2026. Drier air will continue to move into Utah through Monday, causing a gradual decrease in coverage of showers and thunderstorms. On Sunday, these storms will likely be limited to southern and eastern Utah as a weak wave passes through. In general, storms this weekend will be capable of producing gusty and erratic outflow winds up to 45 mph, the exception being today across northwest Utah where gusts could exceed 60 mph through the early evening.

With this drier air moving in, portions of western and southern Utah are expected to see minimum relative humidity values near critical values both Sunday and Monday afternoons. While forecast confidence is still fairly low across northern and western Utah, moisture is likely to increase again across the rest of the state beginning Tuesday, with moisture remaining in place for much of the remainder of the upcoming week.

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