FNUS75 KSLC 101652
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LYDIAS CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1052 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 LIGHT
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE BURN AREA. THIS FLOW
WILL HELP TO PULL SOME HIGH BASED MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AS
EARLY AS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH
FRIDAY...RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......380.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                      NORTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 2000.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......570.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-14 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH BECOMING
                      SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 1100.



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

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