FNUS75 KSLC 242038
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR POVERTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
238 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010

.DISCUSSION...SHOWRES AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PUSH
OUTFLOW THROUGH THE FIRE SITE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT WINDS AT THE SITE TO THE NORTH
OR NORTHWEST.

OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVERHEAD THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. LIGHT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
HIGH WILL GENERALLY ALLOW FOR SLOPE DRIVEN WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY.
ADDITIONALLY...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

BY MONDAY THIS HIGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA...ALLOWING A
SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP...WHICH WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE
NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THIS MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR HIGHER RH
VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RH
RECOVERY. ADDITIONALLY...THIS MOISTURE WILL BRING AN INCREASED
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...
LAL...................3.
HAINES INDEX..........6 ..HIGH.
CLEARING INDEX........750.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......95-98.
MIN HUMIDITY..........16-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHEAST/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH...LIKELY BECOMING
                      NORTH-NORTHWEST AFTER 1600. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX..........5 ..MODERATE.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......60-63.
MAX HUMIDITY..........65-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........NORTHWEST/DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX..........5 ..MODERATE.
CLEARING INDEX........610.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......NEAR 100.
MIN HUMIDITY..........16-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHEAST/UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...RANDY DANIELSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100724.POVER.01/SLC

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