FNUS75 KSLC 200314 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR MACHINE GUN FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 914 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .DISCUSSION...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS MAY SUBSIDE A BIT FOR A TIME LATE THIS EVENING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES. THIS FRONT IS PROJECTED TO REACH THE SITE BETWEEN 500 AND 600 MONDAY MORNING. UNTIL IT ARRIVES HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE TEENS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY AS IT CROSSES THE AREA...WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. FOR MONDAY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES CAN BE EXPECTED. BY TUESDAY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO RETURN...AHEAD OF ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). AREAS OF SMOKE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-70...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 50S LATE. MAX HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT...RISING ABOVE 30 PERCENT LATE. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 500. .MONDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......550. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75. MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. .OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. CLEARING INDEX......770. SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84. MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH 10-15 MPH...INCREASING TO 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER 1200. FORECASTER...SEAMAN REQUESTED BY...WALABACK REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100919.MACHI.01/SLC $$