FNUS75 KSLC 180356
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARDS SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
956 PM MDT SAT OCT 17 2009

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE A MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHT ACROSS THE
PARK...WITH ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN TO THE AREA IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND NO THREAT OF PRECIPITATION. NORTH WINDS
SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...THOUGH THEY COULD BE LIGHT AND
VARIABLE IN MORE SHELTERED AREAS OR AREAS WITH NORTH FACING
SLOPES. WINDS WILL BE GUSTIEST NEAR ANY NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED
CANYONS. WINDS ALOFT FOR ANY HELICOPTERS SEARCHING THE AREA WILL
BE FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST...WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM 10 KNOTS
AT 5000 FEET TO 30 KNOTS AT 10000 FEET. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER THE DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
  MAX HUMIDITY........25-29 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                      GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-89.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                      10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...THERESE PICARD
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20091017.EDWAR.01/SLC

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