FNUS75 KSLC 181756
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SKUNK CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1156 AM MDT WED AUG 18 2010

.DISCUSSION...A DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF WEST CENTRAL
ARIZONA WILL BRING WETTING RAINS TO YOUR FIRE BEGINNING AROUND
1230-1300 MDT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 1600-1700 THIS AFTERNOON.
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AS THIS RAIN
MOVES TOWARDS THE FIRE...SOUTHERLY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 25 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WITH PERHAPS A BREAK ON SATURDAY THEN MOISTURE RETURNS ON SUNDAY.

.TODAY...
LAL...................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 5.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN
                      OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......70.
MIN HUMIDITY..........58-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................5 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 4.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY..........88-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                      IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
LAL...................4.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY..........51-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.......WEST SOUTHWEST ABOUT 15 MPH.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100818.SKUNK.01/SLC

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