FNUS75 KSLC 142135
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA CLARA VEG PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
335 PM MDT TUE APR 14 2009

.DISCUSSION...A COLD UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH THROUGH NEVADA
AND IS POISED TO IMPACT THE BURN SITE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
BEFORE SLOWLY SLIDING EAST. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE WILL HOLD THROUGH TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT THAT WILL SHIFT WINDS A BIT MORE WESTERLY SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BEHIND
THE FRONT...BUT CLEARING INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR
UNLIMITED LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. A CONTINUATION OF
PERIODIC SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH SNOWLEVELS LOWERING BELOW THE BURN SITE WITH
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANTICIPATE SNOW
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY BEFORE CLOUDS BREAK
AND A DRYING TREND ENSUES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY BUILD INTO
THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND...AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF NEXT WEEK.


.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MIN HUMIDITY........37-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SHOWERS
                      AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH THE
                      SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-29.
  MAX HUMIDITY........71-73 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP
                      TO 45 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-35.
  MIN HUMIDITY........49-51 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40MPH
                      EARLY...SHIFTING TO WEST WINDS AND GRADUALLY
                      DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDDAY



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...MICAH SUWYN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090414.SANTA.02/SLC

$$