FNUS75 KSLC 261532
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR COFFEE POT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
932 AM MDT MON JUL 26 2010

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN UTAH THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST TODAY ALLOWING A SWATH OF
MOISTURE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE. THIS MOISTURE IS AT HIGH
LEVELS INITIALLY BUT WILL BECOME DEEPER TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF
THIS WEEK. THEREFORE ISOLATED HIGH BASED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN WILL TRANSITION TO WET
THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY. STRONG MICROBURST WINDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ONSET OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OVERALL...THERE IS A THREAT OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THIS WEEK.

DUE TO YOUR ELEVATION WE BELIEVE THE TRANSITION TO WET THUNDERSTORMS
FROM DRY TO WET WILL BE RAPID SO YOU ARE NOT UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING.

.TODAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........820.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED HIGH BASED
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......76-78.
MIN HUMIDITY..........30-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........UPSLOPE WINDS 5 MPH UNTIL NOON THEN SOUTHWEST
                      AT 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG ERRATIC
                      MICROBURST WINDS POSSIBLE LATE TODAY AND
                      EVENING.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......60.
MAX HUMIDITY..........56-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      NORTHWEST 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO
                      THE EAST.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
LAL...................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........830.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
                      OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY..........38-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...SQUAD 10-1
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100726.COFFE.01/SLC

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