FNUS75 KSLC 011216
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWASEY PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
516 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2011

.DISCUSSION...A MILD WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
REGION WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING. TRANSPORT WINDS REMAIN
JUST STRONG ENOUGH ALOFT TO OVERCOME THE STABLE AIRMASS
TODAY...CLEARING INDICES LOOK TO CLIMB ABOVE 500 BY MID MORNING.
WINDS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT DOMINATED BY DIURNAL SLOPE FLOWS AND
REMAINING LIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY INCREASING MIXING POTENTIAL...BUT ALSO
INCREASING NEAR SURFACE WINDS ACROSS MAINLY THE UPPER SECTIONS OF
THE BURN SITE. CLOUDS WILL THICKEN FOR WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE
INCREASES FROM THE WEST AS A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN DEVELOPS
OVER NORTHERN UTAH AND HOLDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......560.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                      4 TO 9 MPH LATE MORNING.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-26.
  MAX HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTHEAST LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                      LIGHT DOWNSLOPE LATE.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
  MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE BECOMING LIGHT UPSLOPE BY
                      MID MORNING. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
                      WITH GUSTS TO 15MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...DIRK ROGERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110301.SWASE.01/SLC

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