FNUS75 KSLC 122339
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR PHANTOM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
539 PM MDT SAT SEP 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT NORTHWARD AND HAS KICKED
OFF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BURN SITE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET WHEN THE DAYTIME HEATING COMES TO AN
END. THE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DIRECTLY HITTING THE BURN SITE
IS ONLY ON THE ORDER OF 30 PERCENT THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE SOUTH TOMORROW AS IT SPREADS NORTH
AND THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. WETTING RAINS WILL
BECOME MORE OF A PLAYER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A MARKED INCREASE
IN WINDS IS ALSO IN STORE FOR TOMORROW AS AN UPSTREAM SYSTEM
ENCROACHES ON THE RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE FIRE DISTRICT.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
  MAX HUMIDITY........64-66 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      SOUTH 10 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                      SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                      AND AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........37-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS
                      UP TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...GREG BARTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090912.PHANT.03/SLC

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