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The prevailing winds shift over the course of a day in the summer months. Night and early morning winds blow from the land towards the Great Salt Lake and this trend reverses as the day progresses.
This image gives an idea of the basic "diurnal" (night/day) wind pattern typical of the Wasatch Front. This pattern results in large part from the mountainous terrain and large water bodies along the Wasatch Front. Winds generally flow out over the lake during the night and early morning hours as the land cools off more quickly than the surface of the lake. This process is reversed during the afternoon and evening hours when the lake surface is cooler than the surface of the land.
