FNUS75 KSLC 122250
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
450 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
IN SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY ALONG THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE THAT ONE OF THESE STORMS
COULD MOVE NEAR YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BEING A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. THE
AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO DRY ON MONDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
BRUSHES NORTHERN UTAH. THIS WILL LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AS
WELL AS LOWER THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE
FIRE TO ONLY A 10 PERCENT CHANCE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH ON MONDAY AND WILL
LIKELY REACH THE FIRE LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...SWITCHING WINDS
TO THE NORTH INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WARM AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........62-65 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND
                      VARIABLE LATE IN THE EVENING.

.MONDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-89.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                      INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........10-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      WEST-SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...HORSE FMO
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090712.HORSE.02/SLC

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