FNUS75 KSLC 231815
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLOMON BASIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1215 PM MDT SUN AUG 23 2009

.DISCUSSION...A MOIST AIRMASS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE
TO IMPACT THE AREA...BUT EXPECT THE GREATEST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
NORTH OF THE BURN SITE. THUS...JUST ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED WET
THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED FOR THE BURN...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. AFTERNOON
WINDS WILL BE ENHANCED A BIT OUT OF THE SOUTH TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY
DECREASE TOWARDS MIDWEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........38-41 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL 2400...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER
                      2200.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........36-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                      4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...CHENG
REQUESTED BY...MATT FLANDERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090823.SOLOM.01/SLC

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