FNUS75 KSLC 282244
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOOL S FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
444 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES
   TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...THE COLD PACIFIC TROUGH STILL OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT
BASIN BY LATE TUESDAY. THIS TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EAST INTO AND
THROUGH UTAH ON WEDNESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN CROSS THE FIRE
SITE BETWEEN 0000-0200 MDT TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES WILL EXIST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN BREEZY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG AND BEHIND THE
FRONT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT FOR WEDNESDAY.


.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-55.
  MAX HUMIDITY........29-33 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH...
                      INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 0300.

.TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO
                      25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN
                      THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
  MIN HUMIDITY........54-56 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      AROUND 35 MPH.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Fremont River WFMU
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090928.FOOLS.01/SLC

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