MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0794
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0739 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...FAR EASTERN ID/FAR NORTHEAST UT/FAR WESTERN
   WY/SOUTHWEST MT
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 160039Z - 160215Z
   
   TSTM ENHANCED WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE/GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
   SEVERE LEVELS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MID EVENING ACROSS FAR EASTERN
   ID/FAR NORTHEAST UT INTO SOUTHWEST MT/FAR WESTERN WY.
   
   CONVECTION HAS INCREASED WITHIN A FRONTAL BAND/CORRIDOR OF ASCENT
   ACROSS EASTERN ID/EXTREME NORTHERN UT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE
   IN TSTMS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WHILE THE AIRMASS IS NOT
   PARTICULARLY MOIST /PW VALUES GENERALLY A HALF INCH OR LESS/ OR
   UNSTABLE...AMPLE HEATING/MIXING /REFERENCE 60S-70S F SURFACE
   TEMPERATURES AND THE 00Z OBSERVED RAOB FROM SALT LAKE CITY/ IN
   CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG/DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW MAY YIELD VERY STRONG
   WIND GUSTS THROUGH EARLY/MID EVENING. ALONG THESE LINES...A 53 KT
   GUST WAS RECENTLY MEASURED IN POCATELLO ID IN PROXIMITY TO
   TSTMS...WITH A 57 KT GUST ALSO RECENTLY NOTED AT LOGAN-CACHE AIRPORT
   IN FAR NORTHERN UT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/16/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...BYZ...RIW...TFX...SLC...PIH...MSO...
   
   LAT...LON   42641269 44861360 46291365 45021060 41711060 41341227
               42641269