FNUS75 KSLC 241616
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1016 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE HAS RE-CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR
CORNERS THIS MORNING...ALLOWING ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO STREAM
NORTHWARD OUT OF ARIZONA AND INTO SOUTHERN UTAH. THIS MOISTURE
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...HOWEVER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WINDS WILL
LIKELY BE DOMINATED MORE BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.
ADDITIONALLY...THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE SHOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHER
MIN RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH BETTER RECOVERY TONIGHT.
SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS THE REGION
EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A GRADUAL DRYING TREND EXPECTED.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                      RIDGELINE WINDS WEST-SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
                      GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
  MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH BECOMING NORTH/DOWNSLOPE
                      4-9 MPH AFTER 2000. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH/DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH BECOMING
                      SOUTH/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 1100.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...RICHFIELD DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090724.STEEP.01/SLC

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