FNUS75 KSLC 131237
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNSET PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
637 AM MDT MON APR 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN TODAY AS UPSTREAM
SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE FIRE DISTRICT. AS THE LOW
CONTINUES TO GET CLOSER TO THE REGION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE. WINDS TODAY SHOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANT...BUT BY TUESDAY
MORNING WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO BE A FACTOR AS A MARKED INCREASE IS
EXPECTED. COLD FRONT WILL NOT REACH THE BURN AREA UNTIL WEDNESDAY
AND SOUTHWEST WINDS COULD BE PROBLEMATIC THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT ON TUESDAY AND AT 7000
FEET COULD BE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW. AFTER THE FRONT THE
AIRMASS WILL RAPIDLY COOL WEDNESDAY AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......800.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL
                      NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                      THE SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
  MAX HUMIDITY........72-74 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
                      MORNING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS...SNOW
                      SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
  MIN HUMIDITY........33-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                      25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...EARL LEVANGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090413.SUNSE.01/SLC

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