Weather Alert in Utah
Red Flag Warning issued August 13 at 1:16PM MDT until August 13 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Salt Lake City UT
AREAS AFFECTED: Wasatch Mountains
DESCRIPTION: The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 479 Wasatch Mountains. * WINDS...Today, west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Today, 10 to 15 percent. * THUNDERSTORMS...Thursday, scattered thunderstorms will form over the higher terrain of Utah during the afternoon through the evening. Given the extended period of very dry conditions with little to no rain, new wildfire starts are likely with any lightning. * OUTFLOW WINDS...Thursday, gusty and erratic outflow winds up to 50 mph are possible with any thunderstorms. * IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected. Any new fire starts or existing fires may spread rapidly.
INSTRUCTION: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now...or are imminent. A combination of lightning...dry fuel conditions...and gusty microburst winds will create favorable conditions for new fire starts and extreme fire behavior.
Want more detail? Get the Complete 7 Day and Night Detailed Forecast!
Current U.S. National Radar--Current
The Current National Weather Radar is shown below with a UTC Time (subtract 5 hours from UTC to get Eastern Time).
National Weather Forecast--Current
The Current National Weather Forecast and National Weather Map are shown below.
National Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
Tomorrow National Weather Forecast and Tomorrow National Weather Map are show below.
North America Water Vapor (Moisture)
This map shows recent moisture content over North America. Bright and colored areas show high moisture (ie, clouds); brown indicates very little moisture present; black indicates no moisture.
Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrocumulus Clouds
Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds
Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km)
and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of
small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as
"cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.
Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the
water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a
cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud
formations generally pass rapidly.
Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds
Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Cirrus Clouds
Next Topic: Condensation
Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet
and are composed mainly of ice crystals.
They are thin and wispy in appearance.
What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.
Next Topic: Condensation
Current conditions powered by WeatherAPI.com
