FNUS75 KSLC 191738
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE JAKE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1138 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2010

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND WE EXPECT SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE 0.20 TO 0.50 OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. A DRIER
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET IN THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY BUT ENOUGH
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A BROAD TROUGH MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND AND WITH IT
WILL COME MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS...HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL
RETURN SO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.TODAY...
LAL...................4.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........1000+.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY..........54-58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15
                      MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
LAL...................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
HAINES INDEX..........3 ..VERY LOW.
SKY/WEATHER...........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.......51-53.
MAX HUMIDITY..........89-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........WEST WINDS 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
LAL...................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
HAINES INDEX..........4 ..LOW.
CLEARING INDEX........890.
SKY/WEATHER...........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.......80.
MIN HUMIDITY..........38-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)..........WEST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      SOUTH 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100819.LITTL.01/SLC

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