FNUS75 KSLC 051654
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAWMILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1054 AM MDT SAT SEP 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT NOW CENTERED OVER WESTERN COLORADO
HAS OPENED UP UTAH TO A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY. A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL MOVE EAST TODAY...
REMAINING SOUTH OF THE FIRE SITE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL
AFFECT THE FIRE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN TAPER OFF EARLY THIS
EVENING. LINGERING MOISTURE SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN HIGH TERRAIN
BUILD-UPS WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

A SEPARATE STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. RIDGELINE AREA WILL SEE INCREASES IN WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL ALSO WORK INTO THE AREA WITH
THE INCREASED WINDS...LEADING TO GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE
EARLY PORTION OF THE COMING WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      1600...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER) WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-81 VALLEYS...65-67 RIDGELINE.
  MIN HUMIDITY........27-29 PERCENT VALLEYS...41-44 PERCENT
                      RIDGELINE.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      18 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS WITH ANY
                      SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER/NEAR SITE.
  WINDS - RIDGELINE...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                      MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL 2100...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-57 VALLEY...46-48 RIDGELINE.
  MAX HUMIDITY........63-66 PERCENT VALLEY...76-79 PERCENT
                      RIDGELINE.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH....BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2200.
  WINDS - RIDGELINE...WEST SOUTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH.


.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1...THEN 2 AFTER 1100.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER 1100.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84 VALLEY...71-74 RIDGELINE.
  MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT VALLEY...31-33 PERCENT
                      RIDGELINE.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 0800...THEN SOUTH
                      SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                      DURING THE AFTERNOON.
  WINDS - RIDGELINE...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH.


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Gayle Sorenson FBAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.SAWMI.01/SLC

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