FNUS75 KSLC 051527
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TRAIL RIDGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
926 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 SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
UTAH. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL REACH THE FIRE SITE THIS MORNING...
THOUGH THE THREAT FOR WETTING RAINS WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE
BALANCE OF THE MORNING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RETURN THIS AFTERNOON....WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. A STORM
SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SUNDAY WILL RESULT
IN STRONGER SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL
ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA...GRADUALLY REDUCING THE THREAT FOR
PRECIPITATION HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                      THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                      (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) WITH SCATTERED
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN AFTER 1400.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........29-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THEN
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
  MAX HUMIDITY........66-68 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      UNTIL 2000...THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER BY LATE MORNING.


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...ALLAN HEPWORTH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090905.TRAIL.01/SLC

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