FNUS75 KSLC 211710
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BADGER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1110 AM MDT WED JUL 21 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE FROM
THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A DISTURBANCE BRUSHING BY TO THE NORTH
PUSHES DRY AIR INTO THE STATE. A WEAK BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN UTAH OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...WITH GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW
RH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM.

ALTHOUGH THE BEST MOISTURE WILL BE PUSHED EAST OF THE
WILDFIRE...THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY THAT SCATTERED STORMS WILL
DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE THIS AFTERNOON. IF THESE
STORMS DO FORM...WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY AND ERRATIC AT TIMES.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE OVERNIGHT...RELAXING WINDS
ENOUGH THAT HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL
REMAIN PARKED OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK...PREVENTING A NORTHWARD SURGE OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE UNTIL
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 0900.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......93-97.
MIN HUMIDITY..........11-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                      SOUTHWEST 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......64-68.
MAX HUMIDITY..........50-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      AROUND 35 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......92-96.
MIN HUMIDITY..........25-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                      SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...COLT COATES IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100721.BADGE.01/SLC

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