FNUS75 KSLC 092128
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA CLARA VEG PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
328 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009

.DISCUSSION...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION BY
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING LEAVING IN ITS WAKE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AN INVERSION WILL UNFORTUNATELY
ACCOMPANY THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE INVERSION IS EXPECTED
TO BE NEAR 9500 FT MSL EARLY THEN LOWER TO NEAR 7500 FT BY MID DAY
AND THEN LIFT SOMEWHAT IN THE AFTERNOON. THE HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE ABOUT 15 KTS EARLY BUT DECREASE TO NEAR 5 KTS IN THE
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE CLEARING INDEX WILL ACTUALLY BE QUITE
LOW...LESS THAN 400...IN THE MORNING AND LESS THAN 200 IN THE
AFTERNOON.


.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
  MIN HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      AROUND 45 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....17-19.
  MAX HUMIDITY........77-79 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 MPH BECOMING WEST
                      15 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                      MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 10 MPH EARLY IN
                      THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 .LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......300.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-42.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                      LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...DARREL MONGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090310.SANTA.01/SLC

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