FNUS75 KSLC 221611
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1011 AM MDT WED JUL 22 2009

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE REMAINS PINNED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH
THIS MORNING. CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD SURFACE HEATING AND
DEVELOPMENT OF CUMULUS LATE THIS MORNING. WIDELY SCATETRED
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THIS
AFTERNOON OVER/NEAR THE SITE.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS UTAH TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE NEAR THE SITE
THURSDAY...WHICH COULD SUPPRESS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AGAIN BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY...
BRINGING AN INCREASING THREAT OF SHOWERS/STORMS FRIDAY THROUGH THE
COMING WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                      LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
  MAX HUMIDITY........43-45 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5
                      MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                      MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO
                      THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Eddie Taylor
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090722.STEEP.01/SLC

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