FNUS75 KSLC 041227
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDECITE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
527 AM MST WED FEB 4 2009

.DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH TONIGHT. CLEARING INDICES WILL
REMAIN MARGINAL TODAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB OVER 500 AFTER
1000 THIS MORNING. AN APPROACHING STORM FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL
INCREASE HIGH CLOUDS AND SOUTHERLY WINDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY IMPROVING MIXING POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANTLY FOR TOMORROW.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT SNOW SHOWER
THREATS WILL BE ON THE RISE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM NEARS. A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW
SHOWER THREATS LOOKS TO PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
ACCUMULATIVE THREATS PEAKING DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. 3-6" OF NEW
SNOW LOOKS POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT TIME.


.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......550.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                      5-10 MPH AFTER 1400.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-32.
  MAX HUMIDITY........46-49 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DEVELOPING LATE.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-55.
  MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH INCREASING
                      TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL/WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EASTEP
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090204.ANDEC.01/SLC

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