FNUS75 KSLC 131439
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH FORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
840 AM MDT TUE JUL 13 2010

.DISCUSSION...WESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS A
DISTURBANCE BRUSHES BY TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND DRIFT EASTWARD. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE WILL RESULT
IN GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL LIKELY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE
STATE. A DRYING...WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH
THURSDAY...BRINGING CALM...HOT CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. MOISTURE WILL
BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE FIRE SITE FRIDAY...INCREASING THE
LIKELIHOOD OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......89-93.
MIN HUMIDITY..........24-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                      WEST SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                      EARLY EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......56-58.
MAX HUMIDITY..........80-82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-6 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
LAL...................1.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
MAX TEMPERATURE.......93-97.
MIN HUMIDITY..........22-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...JOSH SOPER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100713.NORTH.01/SLC

$$