FNUS75 KSLC 231616
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1015 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 THUNDERSTORMS IN PROXIMITY TO THE
SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS BEGINS TO
SHIFT 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 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 80.
  MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........57-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH/UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                      NORTH/DOWNSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 2000.

.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 (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH/DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH/UPSLOPE
                      5-10 MPH AFTER 1000.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...FREMONT RIVER WFM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090723.STEEP.01/SLC

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