FNUS75 KSLC 211932
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR JENSEN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
132 PM 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. 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 ISOLATED 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.

.REST OF TODAY...
LAL...................3.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......93-96.
MIN HUMIDITY..........12-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......67-69.
MAX HUMIDITY..........40-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
                      DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......92-95.
MIN HUMIDITY..........10-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
                      MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...CODY POLLOCK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100721.JENSE.01/SLC

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