FNUS75 KSLC 221052
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR MUTTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
452 AM MDT SUN AUG 22 2010

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING FROM THE
SOUTH IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN UTAH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY DUE TO
PROXIMITY OF COLD FRONT...WITH UPSLOPE GUSTS REACHING 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SCATTERED
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONSET LIKELY BUILDING AROUND OR SHORTLY
AFTER 1100 THIS MORNING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER
THIS EVENING...BUT ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN A THREAT
OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WETTING RAINS LIKELY WITH ANY STORM
THIS AFTERNOON.

THE COLD FRONT LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH THE WILDFIRE SITE AROUND
0600 MONDAY...INCREASING THE OVERNIGHT DOWNSLOPE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL NOON...THEN 5.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN NUMEROUS
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........56-58 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH
                      EARLY...BECOMING SOUTH WINDS BY 0900 INCREASING
                      TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................5 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
  MAX HUMIDITY........88-94 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH INCREASING
                      TO 10-20 MPH AFTER 0400.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......910.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........51-53 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASING TO 5-15 MPH DURING
                      THE MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT UPSLOPE
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...TREVOR FRANDSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100821.MUTTO.01/SLC

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