FNUS75 KSLC 071502
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
802 AM MST SUN NOV 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...WEAK SHORT WAVE RAPIDLY LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW MID LEVEL CLOUDS TO CONTINUE TO THIN
RAPIDLY. BIGGEST FIRE WEATHER CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE AN
INCREASE OF SOUTHWEST WINDS MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...THE INCREASE A DIRECT RESULT OF AN APPROACHING
PACIFIC TROUGH THAT WILL SEND A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
BURN SITE ON MONDAY. TIMING OF THE FRONT LOOKS TO BE PINNED IN
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. BRIEF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL
RAPIDLY TRANSITION TO SNOW AT DUCK CREEK BEHIND THE FRONT...LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH UP TO A COUPLE OF INCHES
POSSIBLE. ACTIVE PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH THE
NEXT WEAK STORM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......890.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      0500.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
  MIN HUMIDITY........37-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO
                      15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 24 TO 29 MPH
                      RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 2200...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
  MAX HUMIDITY........85-87 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO
                      7 TO 12 MPH LATE EVENING.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      INFREQUENT RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS START LATE IN THE
                      MORNING. FRONT MOST LIKELY BETWEEN NOON AND 2000.
                      PERIODS OF SNOW AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-43.
  MIN HUMIDITY........62-64 PERCENT IN THE MORNING.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                      WITH GUSTS TO 20 TO 28 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                      WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH DEVELOPING AFTER
                      2100.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EASTEP
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101107.DUCKC.01/SLC

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