FNUS75 KSLC 192254
FWSSLC

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

...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NEAR THE
FIRE AS OF 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS SHOULD
DISSIPATE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. AWAY
FROM SHOWERS...WINDS SHOULD BE GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST-SOUTHWEST
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE COLD FRONT SWITCHES WINDS
TO THE NORTHWEST. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THIS WIND SHIFT IS BETWEEN
6 PM AND 9 PM. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE GUSTY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...THEN DECREASE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...WINDS SHOULD BE
RELATIVELY LIGHT AND GENERALLY REMAIN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AT
NIGHT AND UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY DURING THE DAY...THOUGH EASTERLY WINDS
ARE LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOONS DUE TO A LAKE BREEZE.
OTHERWISE...DRY CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE CLOUD COVER SHOULD PREVAIL
FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
  MAX HUMIDITY........39-42 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                      BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE
                      LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS COULD BE
                      GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE EARLY EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......480.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-20 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-92.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING EAST 5-10 MPH
                      IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110719.LAKES.01/SLC

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