FNUS75 KSLC 081748
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLOMON BASIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1148 AM MDT SAT AUG 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...AN UNSEASONABLY COOL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL
SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THIS STORM
SYSTEM MOVES EAST SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO
THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR
NORMAL BY TUESDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST 10-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 40.
  MAX HUMIDITY........57-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH BECOMING
                      EAST/DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 2100.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......820.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 70.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST/DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                      WEST-NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH AFTER 1100.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...RIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.SOLOM.01/SLC

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