FNUS75 KSLC 051808
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLOMON BASIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1208 PM MDT WED AUG 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS
THE REGION AS THE CLOSED CALIFORNIA LOW REMAINS TO THE WEST...AND
THE PERSISTENT 4-CORNERS HIGH REMAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
PROGRESSION OF THE LOW EASTWARD OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS WILL
INCREASE WINDS SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE REGION...HAMPERING
TYPICAL DIURNAL WIND FLUCTUATIONS...OVERNIGHT LOWS...AND RH
RECOVERIES. ANTICIPATE WIND SPEEDS WILL TREND TO INCREASE
TODAY...BECOMING GUSTY DURING PEAK HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. MID
LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INCREASING
THE THREAT FOR FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT BULK OF THUNDERSTORM THREATS SHOULD BE
SHUNTED EAST FOR THURSDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE FURTHER
AHEAD OF THE STRONG COLD WHICH AT THAT TIME WILL STILL BE
POSITIONED OVER EASTERN NEVADA. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS
EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED FRIDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5 TO 15 MPH. RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST
                      15 TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........55-57 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH. RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTH
                      15 TO 25 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 35 MPH. RIDGETOP WINDS SOUTHWEST
                      20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.


FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...RICHFIELD DISPATCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.SOLOM.01/SLC

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