FNUS75 KSLC 051420
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
820 AM MDT SAT SEP 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT NOW CENTERED OVER WESTERN COLORADO HAS
OPENED UP UTAH TO A RATHER MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW THIS MORNING. A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH HAS PRODUCED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH CENTRAL UTAH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE THIS
MORNING...WITH A THREAT OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING THIS AFTERNOON.
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SUNDAY WILL
RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL
ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA...REDUCING THE THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION HEADING
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL 1100...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN AFTER 1400.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........27-29 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST
                      8 TO 14 MPH AFTER 1100. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WITH
                      ANY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
  MAX HUMIDITY........71-73 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS CHURCH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.LAKEF.01/SLC

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