FNUS75 KSLC 101500
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BROKEN RIDGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
900 AM MDT MON AUG 10 2009

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL RESIDE
ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY...RESULTING IN A WARMING
AND DRYING TREND. AS THE AIRMASS CONTINUES TO DRY OVERNIGHT
RH RECOVERY MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY POOR. WINDS THROUGH
TUESDAY WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT AND DRIVEN BY SLOPE
FLOWS. BY WEDNESDAY THIS HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST INTO COLORADO
ALLOWING A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE BURN AREA.
THIS FLOW WILL HELP TO PULL SOME HIGH BASED MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE FOR
HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......850.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........7-10 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING
                      SOUTH/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-59.
  MAX HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH/DOWNVALLEY 3-8 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......850.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........7-10 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING
                      SOUTH/UPVALLEY 5-10 AFTER 1100.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...WEST ZONE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090810.BROKE.01/SLC

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