FNUS75 KSLC 091637
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA CLARA VEG PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
937 AM MST MON FEB 9 2009

.DISCUSSION...A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY...BRINGING A STRONG COLD FRONT TO
THE BURN SITE MIDDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY
LATE THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH MORE
INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. BOTTOM LINE GIVES UNLIMITED CLEARING
INDICES FOR TODAY...WITH MARGINAL INDICES ABOVE 500 FOR TUESDAY.
LOOKING OUT...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO LOWER
CLEARING INDICES BELOW 500 FOR WEDNESDAY BUT ANOTHER STRONG
PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING
INCREASED WINDS AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW.
                      10 PERCENT CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING BETWEEN
                      0930-NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-30.
  MIN HUMIDITY........90-93 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW
                      UNTIL 2300...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....15-17.
  MAX HUMIDITY........97-99 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH
                      EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTHWEST.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......550.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....27-29.
  MIN HUMIDITY........69-71 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTING TO 15 MPH
                      AFTER 1100.



FORECASTER...MERRILL/CONGER
REQUESTED BY...D  MONGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090209.SANTA.01/SLC

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