FNUS75 KSLC 041346 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG CREEK RX NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 746 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN OVER THE WEST COAST TODAY WILL KEEP UTAH UNDER A COOL NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THERE IS SOME LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN THIS NORTHWEST FLOW ENOUGH TO CREATE SOME CLOUDS BUT WITH NO THREAT OF ANY RAIN. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TONIGHT AND THEN TO OUR EAST ALREADY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW SURFACE WINDS TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT AND THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. .TODAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......830. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-48. MIN HUMIDITY........41-43 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-27. MAX HUMIDITY........78-80 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......810. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....60. MIN HUMIDITY........27-29 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF REQUESTED BY...ERIC LAMALFA REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110506.BIGCR.01/SLC $$