FNUS75 KSLC 252252
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
452 PM MDT SAT JUL 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AXIS WHICH HAS BEEN OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL RELOCATE OVER
NORTHERN MEXICO LATER SUNDAY AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST BY MONDAY. THIS MEANS THAT THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME MORE
WESTERLY LATE SUNDAY AND THEN NORTHWEST MONDAY THROUGH MOST OF THE
WORK WEEK. THIS FLOW WILL BE DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER. IN THE
MEANTIME...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
EVENING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SINCE THE AIR MASS IS
STILL VERY MOIST...ANY STORM THAT HITS THE SITE WILL BRING WETTING RAINS.
WINDS MAY BECOME RATHER BREEZY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THAT
NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS DUE TO THE PASSING OF A DISTURBANCE ACROSS
NORTHEAST UTAH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
  MAX HUMIDITY........66-68 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 7-10 MPH THIS EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2200.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-73.
  MIN HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH
                      IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
                      AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1 IN THE MORNING THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...RUSS IVIE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090725.STEEP.01/SLC

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