FNUS75 KSLC 261514 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR SHADY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 914 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. DUE TO YOUR ELEVATION WE BELIEVE THE TRANSITION TO WET THUNDERSTORMS FROM DRY 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 (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1400. MAX TEMPERATURE.......73-75. MIN HUMIDITY..........33-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... LAL...................3. HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.......56-58. MAX HUMIDITY..........61-63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST EARLY IN THE MORNING. .OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY... LAL...................3 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX........880. SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.......70-72. MIN HUMIDITY..........42-44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)..........LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF REQUESTED BY...J TURNER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100726.SHADY.01/SLC $$