FNUS75 KSLC 041823
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLOMON BASIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1223 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2009

.DISCUSSION...MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS BRINGING A
CHANCE FOR MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS. ATYPICALLY
LARGE LOW OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT ON
SHORE THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE WILDFIRE SITE AREA
AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. THAT SAID...WIND TRENDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY AS
THE FRONT NEARS. DRYING AND WARMING WILL COINCIDE WITH THIS
INCREASE IN WIND CREATING BONE DRY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS LOCALLY
AT SOLOMON DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. AN ABRUPT AND GUSTY
WIND SWITCH IS EXPECTED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 15 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE EVENING.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE
                      IN THE MORNING BECOMING WIDELY SCATTERED
                      AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH SWITCHING TO SOUTH AND INCREASING
                      TO 15 TO 25 LATE IN THE MORNING. GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.




FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...RICHFIELD DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.SOLOM.01/SLC

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