FNUS75 KSLC 230126
FWSSLC

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

.DISCUSSION...AFTER A DRY PERIOD OVERNIGHT...HIGH BASED MOISTURE
WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING TOMORROW SUPPORTING
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVITY THURSDAY SHOULD
YIELD LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL...THOUGH LOCALLY GUSTY
ERRATIC WINDS MAY RESULT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO INCREASE FRIDAY INTO THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND...PROVIDING A
BETTER CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN AS ACTIVITY INCREASES IN COVERAGE.
OVERNIGHT MOISTURE RECOVERY SHOULD TREND HIGHER THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL TEND TO
SUPPRESS THE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AS REMAINING STORMS YIELD LESS WETTING RAIN. WINDS
HOWEVER SHOULD PICK UP...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. NIGHTTIME MOISTURE RECOVERY EARLY NEXT WEEK IS
EXPECTED TO DECREASE AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.


.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
  MAX HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  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.....76-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH EARLY...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                      BY LATE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........35-37 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH EARLY...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                      BY LATE MORNING.



FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...BOB BATES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090722.STEEP.02/SLC

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