SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Several weather forecasting stations from the National Weather Service have issued wind warnings and warnings of high winds for Monday, March 29th. The earliest of these warnings take effect at 3 a.m. for parts of Idaho and continue well into the day.
All wind alarms are expected to expire on Monday at 8 p.m. Sustained wind speeds for the high wind warning areas are in the range of 30 to 40 miles per hour with gusts of up to 60 miles per hour.
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For the wind advice areas, we can expect slightly weaker winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour with gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. Make sure that light, loose objects are not blown away. Cross breezes along north-south-facing motorways and motorways can have an impact due to westerly winds.
This is caused by our next weather maker moving further east to the northwest. This low pressure system brings in a significant amount of cold Siberian air, which not only creates our windy conditions, but also has a great cooldown time.
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With the cold front moving through Utah and the Great Basin on Monday, winds begin to grow after the front is over. Fortunately, this system comes from the northwest which will have a more westerly component for the winds. This prevents the Wasatch Front from seeing any other similar event as last year’s Labor Day event.
Our models show the cold front, which initially moves into our area in the early hours of the morning and creates gusty conditions for eastern Nevada and the western deserts of Utah. The blowing of dust is a problem for morning commutes for parts of northern Utah as the westerly winds pick up dust and debris from the western desert, made worse by the ongoing drought.
The cold front penetrates further through the beehive state and reaches the Wasatch front at the end of the morning commute. The blowing dust can cause some problems for drivers along I-15, but that won’t be our only problem to worry about.
Cross winds can be a problem for some areas along I-15 that are north-south oriented, especially with gusts that reach speeds in excess of 30 miles per hour.
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The cold front continues south, creating gusty conditions around noon as well as areas in central Utah. When the cold front hits southern Utah, the evening shuttles begin and gusts of wind stay in the 20 to 30 mph range across the state.
Once the warnings expire by evening, gusts and winds begin to subside as the cold front continues east, leaving Utah with much colder air. The winds in the evening and at night should be below the advice and warning level and become increasingly weaker. We are going on Tuesday, where we can only expect one windy day.
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