FNUS75 KSLC 202143
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
342 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
NEVADA WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST OF UTAH THROUGH THURSDAY. THE
RESULTANT WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS UTAH WILL BRING A GRADUAL
DRYING TREND TO SOUTHERN UTAH BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY. FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOISTURE ACROSS THE
AREA WILL SPAWN SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. WETTING
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE...THOUGH THE BIGGEST FIRE WEATHER THREAT
WILL BE FROM LIGHTNING AND GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........31-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN
                      OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........83-86 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                      MPH IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS DECREASING
                      TO 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL 1000...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......800.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL 1000...THEN
                      A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      1000.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........34-36 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      WEST 10 TO 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...CCIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090720.BRIDG.01/SLC

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