FNUS75 KSLC 051623
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOLOMON BASIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1023 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 WILL MOVE BY
THE FIRE SITE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AT THE SITE THROUGH 1400...
THEN TAPER OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUALLY DRYING TREND
FOR SUNDAY. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS WILL EXIST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
SUNDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN STRONGER SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS LATE SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. MOISTURE SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE FIRE SITE EARLY IN THE
WEEK...SO DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD EXIST THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................5.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
  MIN HUMIDITY........43-45 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      2100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER) WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-47.
  MAX HUMIDITY........76-78 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO
                      THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 2200.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER 1000.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...RIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.SOLOM.01/SLC

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