FNUS75 KSLC 032050
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST SCOFIELD JACKPOT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
250 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL DRIFT EAST OF THE STATE
BY SATURDAY. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER UTAH HAS SPAWNED SCATTERED
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. THE SIMILAR THREAT FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST
AGAIN FRIDAY...WITH WETTING RAINS BECOMING MORE LIKELY. AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THE WEEKEND
WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.
COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE LATE
SUNDAY/MONDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......900.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-83.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      2200...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........68-70 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                      ...BECOMING DONWSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2100.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......920.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........29-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING EAST SOUTHEAST
                      4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH AFTER 1000.


...WEEKEND OUTLOOK...INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CREATE
BREEZY CONDITIONS AT THE FIRE SITE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGER
WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR SUNDAY. THE BEST THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY...LEADING TO ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY...
THEN COOL SLIGHTLY SUNDAY.


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Kris Bruington
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.WESTS.01/SLC

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