FNUS75 KSLC 311954
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
154 PM MDT MON AUG 31 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
   FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO
TODAY AND EXITING THE REGION TONIGHT. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT...BUT STALLED NEAR
PROVO...KEEPING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF UTAH IN A GUSTY WEST-
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH
TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE A BIT TOMORROW AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...CREATING LIGHTER AND PRIMARILY
TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS BEYOND TUESDAY. TUESDAY AND ONWARD THERE
WILL ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON CLOUD AND THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-45.
  MAX HUMIDITY........51-54 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...FOREST SERVICE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090831.BRIDG.01/SLC

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