FNUS75 KSLC 231746
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1146 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH TODAY BEFORE SHIFTING EAST INTO COLORADO ON
FRIDAY. WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THIS HIGH...WINDS AT THE SITE
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LARGELY DRIVEN BY SLOPE FLOWS THROUGH
FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY...AND SHOULD
PROVE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS IN
PROXIMITY TO THE SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE HIGH
SHIFTS EAST FRIDAY...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH
INTO THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WETTING RAINS FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1300...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST
                      5-10 MPH AFTER 1200.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
  MAX HUMIDITY........60-63 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH BECOMING
                      NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY 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.....82-85.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-29 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST
                      5-10 MPH AFTER 1200.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...CHET HATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.HORSE.01/SLC

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