GSL SLIP RENTERS AND MARINA USERS.

A Hurricane Force Warning will be issued at the Great Salt Lake effective tomorrow morning at 9am

The National Weather Service has posted the following warning for tomorrow:

High Wind Warning Until 6/16/2010 10:00:00 PM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
316 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...

.AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND
PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. SOUTH WINDS
WILL BEGIN INCREASING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...

/O.NEW.KSLC.HW.W.0009.100616T1600Z-100617T0400Z/
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGHAM CITY...OGDEN...BOUNTIFUL...
SALT LAKE CITY...TOOELE
316 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY.



* AFFECTED AREA: THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT...SALT LAKE AND
TOOELE VALLEYS.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
NEAR 70 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE HIGHEST WINDS BEHIND THE
FRONT ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG INTERSTATE 15 IN THE SOUTHERN SALT
LAKE VALLEY...ESPECIALLY NEAR POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN.

* TIMING: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND
REMAIN STRONG OR FURTHER INCREASE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. THE
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN WASATCH
FRONT AND SALT LAKE/TOOELE VALLEYS MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL AFFECT WIND-SENSITIVE OPERATIONS AND
RESULT IN DRIVING DIFFICULTIES ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...
INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLISTS
SHOULD TAKE ADDED PRECAUTION. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED
IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND WITHIN
CONSTRUCTION ZONES AND SITES. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SUCH AS
FREE STANDING SIGNS AND CONES SHOULD BE SECURED.
ADDITIONALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE OUTDOOR BELONGINGS SUCH
AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRAMPOLINES.

Dave Shearer

Harbormaster

Great Salt Lake State Marina

801-209-9142