FNUS75 KSLC 051506
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON BASIN PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
806 AM MST THU FEB 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE NOW EAST OF THE AREA WITH A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE
AND LOWER THROUGH THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THE DAY WITH SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION NOT
EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. CLEARING INDEX WILL RISE
TO DAY IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED WINDS SPEEDS. LIGHT RAIN COULD
START AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PRECIPITATION LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER STORM
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH BY THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......500.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
  MIN HUMIDITY........35-37 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 2300. A CHANCE OF SNOW
                      AFTER 2300.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-35.
  MAX HUMIDITY........82-84 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-45.
  MIN HUMIDITY........60-62 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...RYAN MCCOLLIN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090205.THOMP.01/SLC

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