FNUS75 KSLC 151507
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR AMOS CANYON WFM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
907 AM MDT SAT AUG 15 2009

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH WILL
PASS THE BURN AREA BY LATE MORNING...WITH A WIND SHIFT TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED AT THE SITE BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM.
A BAND OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR
TWO WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT THROUGH LATE MORNING...BEFORE
DRIER AND COOLER AIR SPREADS INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN GUSTY ALONG THE
RIDGELINES...WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS REMAINING LARGELY
SHELTERED. A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
SUNDAY...BEFORE A WARMING TREND ENSUES FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN BECOMING
                      MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
  MIN HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 8-14 MPH AFTER
                      1100. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE
                      ALONG RIDGELINES THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46.
  MAX HUMIDITY........65-68 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 8-14 MPH BECOMING
                      WEST/DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH AFTER 2000.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......850.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST/DOWNSLOPE 3-8 MPH BECOMING
                      EAST/UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 1000.
                      RIDGELINE WINDS NORTHWEST 7-14 MPH.


FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...FREMONT RIVER WFM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090815.AMOSC.01/SLC

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