West Jordan, Utah 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KSLC 051749
AFDSLC

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1149 AM MDT Sun Apr 5 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A gradual warming trend will continue through early next week.

- High-based showers and thunderstorms will bring the threat of
  gusty, microburst winds to southern Utah Monday afternoon and
  evening.

- Unsettled conditions will begin later Thursday and continue into
  the weekend.

&&

.DISCUSSION...After one last morning of near freezing to freezing
temperatures across much of the region, high pressure will
continue to shift into the Great Basin today. A gradual warming
trend will continue...with temperatures reaching around 10 degrees
above normal by Monday.

A shortwave trough embedded in the southern jet, coincident with a
jet max will shift across Arizona Monday. Mid and upper level
moisture advection combined with modest lift across southern Utah
will bring the threat of high-based showers and thunderstorms
Monday afternoon and evening. While instability is relatively
unremarkable, around 200 J/kg or so of SBCAPE, inverted-v profiles
will support a threat of dry microbursts.

This threat will shift east of the region by later Monday evening.

A relatively strong upper level trough will dig into the northern
Rockies and High Plains Tuesday into Wednesday. This system has
trended toward a more westward track, with the majority ensemble
solution bringing a cold front into northern and central Utah
Wednesday. This is a dry cold front...but will knock temperatures
down 5 degrees or so Wednesday over Tuesday`s highs.

The vast majority of the ensemble members have shifted from any
attempt to phase the upper level low off the California coast with
a northern stream trough Thursday into Friday. This has reduced
the threat of precipitation across much of the region, though a
portion of the ensemble members develop at least an area of
showers along an axis of enhanced upper level diffluence across
central Utah Thursday afternoon.

As the next upper level low shifts south into the Pacific
Northwest, the bulk of the ensemble members eject the southern
upper level low across the Desert Southwest Saturday into Sunday.
This will be the best window for precipitation, with the heaviest
precipitation across southern Utah.

With the lack of phasing with the northern stream, the threat of
any lower snow levels has reduced as well...with the current best
case scenario showing snow levels around 9000 feet across northern
Utah Saturday, perhaps a little lower across southern Utah. Either
way, this unsettled pattern is decidedly spring-like in nature,
with little threat of substantial mountain snow accumulations,
with only a 10 percent chance of 72 hour snow totals exceeding 2
inches across the upper Cottonwoods through Saturday evening.

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.AVIATION...KSLC...Northwesterly winds will prevail through the
afternoon, transitioning to southeasterly between 04-06z this
evening. VFR conditions will prevail with increasing high clouds
overnight.

.REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING...Light,terrain-driven winds
will prevail with VFR conditions and increasing high clouds
overnight. High-based showers will begin to push into far southern
Utah as early as 16z Monday. These showers will be capable of
producing gusty and erratic outflow winds and isolated
thunder/lightning at KCDC, KSGU, KBCE, and perhaps KU52 on the
periphery during the afternoon.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...None.
WY...None.
&&

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Kruse/Cunningham

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