FNUS75 KSLC 281141
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST SCOFIELD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
541 AM MDT WED JUL 28 2010

.DISCUSSION...DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE
KEEPING ELEVATED POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND. CURRENTLY WATCHING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE
TOWARDS THE WEST SCOFIELD BURN SITE...LIKELY SPREADING LIGHT
SHOWERS AND A ROGUE LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO BETWEEN NOW AND 8 AM.
THAT SAID...BULK OF STORM ACTIVITY WILL BUILD AFTER 11 AM THIS
MORNING. EXPECTING NUMEROUS STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE PLATEAU
THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS TO
THE BURN SITE DURING THAT TIME. LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL STEERING FLOW
WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH WELL DEVELOPED
CELLS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WANE FOLLOWING
DIURNAL TRENDS...BUT WITH THIS MUCH MOISTURE IN PLACE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT OPERATIONS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE FURTHER ON THURSDAY...AND
PREVAILING WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FOLLOWING DIURNALLY DRIVEN SLOPE
FLOWS.

.TODAY...
LAL...................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........540.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY..........45-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS


.TONIGHT...
LAL...................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......56-58.
MAX HUMIDITY..........79-81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. ERRATIC GUSTS TO
                      30 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
LAL...................3 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........520.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......70.
MIN HUMIDITY..........54-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORMS.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...KAREN FEARY
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100727.WESTS.01/SLC

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