FNUS75 KSLC 121536
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR AMOS CANYON WFM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
936 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...AFTER A MOIST START THIS MORNING...INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN A DRYING TREND AT THE
FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING MINIMUM RH VALUES SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE THE RULE...WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
THIS ACTIVITY. MOISTURE RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL NOT BE AS EFFICIENT
AS LAST NIGHT.

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND THE DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL NOON...THEN
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DURING THE MID
                      MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20
                      MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
  MAX HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH DURING
                      THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                      5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH THROUGH THE MID
                      MORNING...BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20
                      MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL PROBERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090712.AMOSC.01/SLC

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