FNUS75 KSLC 021156
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCIPIO PASS WEST PILE BURN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
456 AM MST WED MAR 2 2011

.DISCUSSION...BOTTOM LINE SHOWS CLEARING INDICES ARE MORE THAN
SUFFICIENT FOR OPERATIONS TODAY. TRANSPORT WINDS THIS MORNING ARE
INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AIDING MIXING. A PROGRESSIVE
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AS WELL TODAY BRINGING A
THREAT OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON. NOTHING OUT OF
THE NORM REGARDING NEAR SURFACE WINDS...DIURNAL SLOPE FLOWS WILL
DOMINATE WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 10 MPH FROM A WESTERLY DIRECTION
THIS AFTERNOON. VERY LITTLE CHANGE FOR TOMORROW AS GOOD MIXING
WILL BE PRESENT...AND WINDS WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM TODAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER 1100.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
  MIN HUMIDITY........33-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST
                      5 TO 9 MPH LATE THIS MORNING.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      EARLY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                      (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-32.
  MAX HUMIDITY........92-94 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOME
                      SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-52.
  MIN HUMIDITY........52-54 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST
                      NORTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...TREVOR MEMMOTT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110301.SCIPI.01/SLC

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