FNUS75 KSLC 210011 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR SHADY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 610 PM MDT TUE JUL 20 2010 .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL INITIALLY FORM OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...THEN DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER ADJACENT VALLEYS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE WILL RESULT IN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE LATE TOMORROW MORNING. DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEHIND THIS WEAK DISTURBANCE. THIS WILL PUSH MOISTURE SOUTHWARD INTO THURSDAY...BUT THE WILDFIRE APPEARS TO BE JUST ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE MOISTURE. AS A RESULT...THE BURN AREA COULD SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX..........5 ..MODERATE. SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.......50-53. MAX HUMIDITY..........64-66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... LAL...................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX..........5 ..MODERATE. CLEARING INDEX........1000+. SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.......72-74. MIN HUMIDITY..........34-39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS FORM IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. .OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... LAL...................2. HAINES INDEX..........6 ..HIGH. CLEARING INDEX........1000+. SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.......73-76. MIN HUMIDITY..........28-32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. FORECASTER...HOSENFELD REQUESTED BY...J TURNER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100720.SHADY.01/SLC $$