FNUS75 KSLC 131648
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDFIRE ACADEMY BURN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1047 AM MDT WED MAY 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE AREA TODAY WILL RESULT IN A
CONTINUATION OF DRY... STABLE CONDITIONS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
THE SURFACE FRONT THAT CROSSED THE BURN AREA YESTERDAY HAS RESULTED
IN LIGHTER NORTH WINDS FOR TODAY. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL CROSS
THE AREA LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM... WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SEND
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. BECAUSE THIS IS
ANOTHER DRY SYSTEM... RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE... EVEN
INTO FRIDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......710.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
                      TO 23 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34.
  MAX HUMIDITY........39-43 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH UNTIL 1000 SHIFTING TO THE
                      WEST AND INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH
                      BY AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD/CONGER
REQUESTED BY...GLEN CHAPPELL
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090513.WILDF.02/SLC

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