FNUS75 KSLC 191949 CCA
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
148 PM MDT FRI JUN 19 2009

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE HAS BUILT INTO THE AREA...RESULTING IN
WARMER...DRYER CONDITIONS THAN HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW
WEEKS. WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN DRIVEN FOR MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM
SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN NORTHERN UTAH MID
MORNING SATURDAY AND MAKE ITS WAY TO THE BURN SITE BY EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE
STORM...AND WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS
STORM...A WARMING...DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN. ANOTHER WEATHER
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE EARLY
NEXT WEEK. WHILE THIS WILL NOT BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......850.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-48.
  MAX HUMIDITY........61-65 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH
                      RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH
                      INCREASING TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...USFS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090619.BRIDG.01/SLC

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