FNUS75 KSLC 060050
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TIE FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
650 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2009

.DISCUSSION...NOW...ONE LAST BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINS POISED TO TRACK THROUGH THE TIE FORK WILDFIRE SITE
THROUGH 8PM. CURRENTLY THE PRECIP IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THE SITE...TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH WITH THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING NEAR ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL AND GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TO EXPOSED RIDGELINES. ISOLATED LIGHTNING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS BAND.

FORECAST...A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE REGION SUNDAY...AND
WILL PASS THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY SENDING A MOSTLY
DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE
DAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON SUNDAY
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AND WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH MONDAY
PROVIDING EXCELLENT MIXING ACROSS THE REGION. MOISTURE LEVELS
WILL DROP WITH THE INCREASE OF WINDS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                      2200...THEN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........79-81 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH
                      WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...DARON REYNOLDS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.TIEFO.02/SLC

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