FNUS75 KSLC 232201 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR PRETTY TREE BENCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 401 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011 .DISCUSSION...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN ITS WAKE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING GENERALLY STABLE CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY LIMITING CLEARING INDICES SOMEWHAT...ALTHOUGH VALUES BY AFTERNOON SHOULD EXCEED 500. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AGAIN BRINGING GUSTY WEST WINDS BUT LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION. .REST OF TODAY... LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-59. MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TONIGHT... LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 40. MAX HUMIDITY........71-73 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH BECOMING NORTH/DOWNSLOPE 4-9 MPH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58. MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. WEST WINDS 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AFTER 1200. FORECASTER...SEAMAN REQUESTED BY...CHANCE STEWART REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110524.PRETT.01/SLC $$