FNUS75 KSLC 251354
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
754 AM MDT SAT JUL 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING MOISTURE WILL FUEL SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. STORMS WILL BE
SLOW TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. MOISTURE RECOVERY WILL BE JUST AS GOOD
IF NOT BETTER THAN EARLY THIS MORNING.

THOUGH LIMITED DRYING IS EXPECTED SUNDAY...THERE WILL STILL BE
ENOUGH MOISTURE TO ALLOW STORMS TO REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING.

WHILE WINDS TODAY WILL BE DICTATED BY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...THE
ARRIVAL OF A COOLER AND SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS WILL BRING MORE
WIDESPREAD NORTH NORTHWEST FLOW TO THE REGION SUNDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........36-38 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH. RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST
                      5-15 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                      THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........83-85 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING THEN
                      DOWNSLOPE OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP WINDS
                      SOUTHWEST 5-15 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 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.....80.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH. RIDGETOP WINDS NORTHWEST
                      10-20 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
                      THUNDERSTORMS.



FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...GREGG CHRISTENSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090725.BRIDG.01/SLC

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