FNUS75 KSLC 012026
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR COOPER KNOLLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
226 PM MDT FRI MAY 1 2009

.DISCUSSION...CLOUD COVER HAS INCREASED TODAY AT THE FIRE SITE AHEAD
OF A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ENTERING THE WEST COAST. PRECIPITATION
WITH THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN A FEW HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE
SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN OR A RAIN AND
SNOW MIX...WITH ALL SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR THE TOP OF THE BURN DURING
THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 0.30
TO 0.50 BY THE END OF SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF
SATURDAY EVENING...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THEN RAIN
                      LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-39.
  MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). RAIN IN
                      THE MORNING CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND
                      SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-48 WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING DURING THE DAY.
  MIN HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MYRICK/ROGOWSKI/WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...BROOK CHADWICK
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090501.COOPE.02/SLC

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