FNUS75 KSLC 201624
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1024 AM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GREAT
BASIN WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST OF UTAH THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK. THE
RESULTANT WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING A SLOW DRYING TREND TO
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN UTAH BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY. FOR TODAY ABUNDANT
MOISTURE ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN UTAH WILL MAINTAIN SCATTERED
SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TUESDAY. CLOUD
COVER/PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN AND RH VALUES UP FROM
YESTERDAY. THE THREAT OF WETTING RAIN WILL INCREASE TODAY...THOUGH
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT WITH
STORMS TODAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL NOON...THEN
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-69.
  MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                      THROUGH 1400...THEN WEST-SOUTHWEST
                      8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH. ERRATIC AND
                      GUSTY WINDS WITH SHOWERS/STORMS.
.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      2200.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........71-74 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 0200.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......670.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      WEST-SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Eddie Taylor
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090720.STEEP.01/SLC

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