FNUS75 KSLC 051507 AAA
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
905 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.

.UPDATED DISCUSSION...EXPECTING BETWEEN .05-.10 INCHES OF RAIN FROM
ANY SHOWERS/STORMS THROUGH 1100. THE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS THIS
AFTER COULD EASILY PRODUCE .10-.25 INCHES IF THEY TAKE A DIRECT HIT
ON THE FIRE COMPLEX. FOR SUNDAY THE THREAT OF WETTING RAINS WILL BE
MINIMAL AS THE AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DECREASE AND
STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL KEEP THIS ACTIVITY MOVING FAIRLY RAPIDLY
TO THE NORTHEAST.


.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 AND
                      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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