FNUS75 KSLC 112304
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
504 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2009

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN
THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE LOCATION THROUGH AT LEAST 2100 MDT. THE
CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS REMAINS RELATIVELY LOW ALTHOUGH GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS SITUATED OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION.
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN A DRYING TREND
BRINGING THE MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH DOWN A BIT FROM TODAY. ONLY ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ONCE AGAIN THE CHANCE OF
WETTING RAIN WILL BE VERY LOW AND ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM THE WEST COAST INTO THE
NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN RIDGE THE FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE BRINGING
GUSTIER SOUTH WINDS TO THE FIRE SITE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH A WEAKENING COLD FRONT INTO SOUTHERN
UTAH MONDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE BURN SITE DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY WITH NEAR CRITICAL
AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
  MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                      DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 8 MPH AFTER 2100 MDT.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                      BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...GRAHAM
REQUESTED BY...HORSE IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090711.HORSE.02/SLC

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