FNUS75 KSLC 082052
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR KOCHIA FUNGUS PLOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
252 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE OVER THE REGION
THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A WEAK SUBSIDENCE INVERSION ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL ERODE BY AFTERNOON. A SURFACE
BASED INVERSION WILL ALSO BE PRESENT IN THE MORNING AT A LEVEL OF
ABOUT 800 FT AGL. THIS WILL ERODE BY AROUND NOON. WINDS UNDER THIS
INVERSION WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING AND
BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST BY NOON AT SIMILAR SPEEDS. THE CLEARING INDEX
WILL REACH OVER 500 BY ABOUT 1400. ONCE THE INVERSION BREAKS THE
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 12 KTS.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-92.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                      EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
  MAX HUMIDITY........42-46 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........9-11 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...BLM
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090709.KOCHI.01/SLC

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