FNUS75 KSLC 191044
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKESIDE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
444 AM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT FOR A STRONG WIND SHIFT...

.DISCUSSION...MONSOONAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA THIS
MORNING...AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AGAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT INTO THE FIRE SITE. A STORM SYSTEM WILL
GRAZE THE STATE THIS EVENING...PUSHING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO
NORTHERN UTAH. RATHER GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT WILL
RESULT IN A STRONG WIND SHIFT LATE THIS EVENING...LIKELY BETWEEN 8
PM AND 10 PM. THIS WIND SHIFT WILL CAUSE HIGH FIRE DANGER...SO A
RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW BEHIND THE STORM
SYSTEM...RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS FOR
TOMORROW.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........22-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTH WINDS 8-12 MPH INCREASING TO 20-25
                      MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-68.
  MAX HUMIDITY........30-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. WEST WINDS 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                      50 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS
                      TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN
                      DECREASING TO 10-15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-20 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 3-7 MPH.



FORECASTER...TRAPHAGAN
REQUESTED BY...CCIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110718.LAKES.03/SLC

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