FNUS75 KSLC 021646
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST SCOFIELD RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1046 AM MDT THU JUL 2 2009

.DISCUSSION...WIDESPREAD MOISTURE HAS BEEN BROUGHT NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS HAS CREATED AN EXTENSIVE CLOUD
SHIELD OVER THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE AND WILL LIKELY
INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WELL INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ANY
BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER COULD CAUSE RAPID THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THOUGH. GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM. THE RH WILL REMAIN HIGH
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME DRYING BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL TURN THE FLOW
ACROSS THE AREA TO SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH AT LEAST
MIDWEEK. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND NEAR NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER DURING THIS PERIOD AS WELL.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
  MIN HUMIDITY........41-43 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. A CHANCE
                      OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
  MAX HUMIDITY........90-97 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........41-43 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                      INCREASING TO WEST 10 MPH LATE IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON HOFFMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090702.WESTS.01/SLC

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