FNUS75 KSLC 251514
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR AMOS CANYON WFM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
913 AM MDT TUE AUG 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS ALONG THE NEVADA
UTAH BORDER THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA UNTIL THIS TROUGH AXIS MOVES
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE ENERGY IS NORTH OF YOUR
SITE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE
OF THIS TROUGH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......740.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-71 AT 9100 FT.
  MIN HUMIDITY........38-42 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 2000...THEN CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........51-54 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......390.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWN SLOPE WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE IN
                      THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...APRIL COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090825.AMOSC.01/SLC

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