FNUS75 KSLC 182032
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR OAKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
232 PM MDT FRI SEP 18 2009

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS
THE FIRE SITE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY BUT THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LINGERING OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH FOR
ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR WILL
SPREAD INTO UTAH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE FIRE SITE LATE IN THE
DAY OR IN THE EVENING. A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WITH BREEZY NORTH
WINDS IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY.


.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  CWR.................40 PERCENT.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH EXCEPT ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  CWR.................40 PERCENT.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT. THEN MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
  MAX HUMIDITY........74-76 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LOCAL
                      DOWNSLOPE 1-5 MPH AFTER 2200. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON THEN 2.
  CWR.................10 PERCENT.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......510.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER) WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN
                      THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...SUWYN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090918.OAKS_.01/SLC

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