FNUS75 KSLC 101525
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR JOES HUTCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
925 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 2009

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTH INTO THE AREA TODAY.
THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS THIS MORNING BUT
IT SHOULD INCREASE SUFFICIENTLY BY LATE TODAY TO BRING A THREAT
OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE SITE. ANY STORMS TODAY WOULD BE HIGH
BASED WITH GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...LITTLE RAIN AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED...ALONG WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS.

LOCAL UPSLOPE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY BE OVERCOME BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SOUTHWEST FLOW THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COULD RESULT IN
SWIRLING WINDS IN CANYONS ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF THE HIGH
RIDGES. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOW AGAIN TODAY BUT OVERNIGHT
RECOVERIES SHOULD BE BETTER TONIGHT AND MIN HUMIDITIES SATURDAY
WILL BE HIGHER.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........8-11 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                      10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
  MAX HUMIDITY........36-38 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING LOCAL
                      DOWNSLOPE 1-5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...BLM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090710.JOESH.01/SLC

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