FNUS75 KSLC 261306
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCIPIO PASS WEST PILE BURN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
606 AM MST SAT FEB 26 2011

.DISCUSSION...BROAD TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST IS IN THE PROCESS
OF CLOSING OFF AND WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COLD FRONT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FEATURE IS PROGRESSING SOUTH THROUGH THE BURN SITE AT THIS
TIME...WITH A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO 25 MPH LIKELY
THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AND WILL
LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SNOW DOES LOOK TO
TAPER THIS AFTERNOON...PERIODIC ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PARTIAL CLEARING AND INCREASED STABILITY
IS EXPECTED TO LOWER CLEARING INDICES BELOW 500 ON SUNDAY BUT CI
SHOULD IMPROVE ABOVE 500 ON MONDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SNOW DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....30-34.
  MIN HUMIDITY........75-85 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
                      NORTHERLY GUSTS 25 MPH WITH THE FRONT
                      WILL TAPER IN THE AFTERNOON

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-26.
  MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......240.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). SNOW EARLY IN THE
                      MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
                      MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-36.
  MIN HUMIDITY........57-59 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT LOPEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110225.SCIPI.02/SLC

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