FNUS75 KSLC 221953
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
153 PM MDT WED JUL 22 2009

.DISCUSSION...RESIDUAL MOISTURE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH HAS
SPAWNED SCATTERED CUMULUS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER/NEAR THE SITE
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SLIDE EAST
OVER AND THEN EAST OF THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE FIRE...MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTH
ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH LATE THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THURSDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WETTING RAINS ARE LIKELY BY
SATURDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      NEAR 20.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL 2000. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER) BY MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
  MAX HUMIDITY........53-56 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING
                      TO 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER BY MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTH
                      SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 18 MPH AFTER
                      1200.


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Chet Hatch
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090722.BRIDG.01/SLC

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