FNUS75 KSLC 251417 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE FORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 817 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA UNTIL THIS TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 1600 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........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......790. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78 AT 6000 FT. MIN HUMIDITY........38-42 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... LAL.................2 UNTIL 2000...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-47. MAX HUMIDITY........71-73 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH. .OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......590. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-83 AT 6000 FT. MIN HUMIDITY........28-31 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF REQUESTED BY...CHRIS CHURCH REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU .TAG 20090825.LAKEF.01/SLC $$