MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1304
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0137 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ERN UT AND WRN CO
   
   CONCERNING...CONVECTIVE TRENDS 
   
   VALID 161837Z - 162100Z
   
   GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS MAY ACCOMPANY TSTMS ACROSS ERN UT
   AND WRN CO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  WW WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
   
   WATER VAPOR SHOWS THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH BEGINNING TO TRANSLATE NEWD
   WITH THE DEFORMATION AXIS SITUATED ACROSS SRN UT.  TSTMS HAVE BEGUN
   TO FORM WITHIN THIS AXIS...FAVORING THE HIGHER TERRAIN.  VLYS HAVE
   HEATED CONSIDERABLY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING THROUGH THE MID-UPPER
   80S.  RESULTANT DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS OF 45-55 DEGREES ARE
   CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH DCAPE VALUES.  AS A RESULT...AS THE TSTMS MOVE
   INTO THE VLYS OF ERN UT/WRN CO...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS
   MAY OCCUR.  A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL
   HAIL.
   
   ..RACY.. 06/16/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GJT...SLC...
   
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