FNUS75 KSLC 121610 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE FORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 1010 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009 .DISCUSSION...AFTER A MOIST START THIS MORNING...INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN A GRADUAL DRYING TREND AT THE FIRE SITE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING MINIMUM RH VALUES SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING 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. A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT TOMORROW EVENING. .TODAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL NOON...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-92. MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DURING THE MID MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH FOR THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-58. MAX HUMIDITY........67-69 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH DURING THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE OVERNIGHT. .OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90. MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 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...KAREN FEARY REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090712.LAKEF.01/SLC $$