FNUS75 KSLC 241040
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR MUTTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
440 AM MDT TUE AUG 24 2010

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER
PATTERN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND
VARIABLE UNDER THIS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE AND WILL BE DRIVEN BY
LOCAL TERRAIN INFLUENCES. BY WEDNESDAY THIS HIGH WILL MOVE TOWARDS
THE FOUR CORNERS AND A SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW WILL DEVELOP
IMPORTING SOME MOISTURE FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS.

JUST AS A HEADS UP...A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE REGION FROM THURSDAY INTO MONDAY. DRY THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY BUT WILL BECOME MORE WET ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER
AS THE TROUGH MOVES CLOSER THROUGH THE WEEKEND A DRIER SOUTHWEST
FLOW WILL IMPINGE ON THE AREA ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS CREATING
POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......390.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL
                      NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO
                      10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46.
  MAX HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......590.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...TREVOR FRANDSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100823.MUTTO.01/SLC

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