FNUS75 KSLC 280616
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR RUDD CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1216 AM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT SHOULD REMAIN
WELL SOUTH OF THE FIRE...SO CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VERY SIMILAR
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
EASTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT UPSLOPE IN THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN WILL LIKELY INCREASE FROM
THE WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE LAKE BREEZE KICKS
IN. SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE
FIRE...WITH ONLY ABOUT A 10 PERCENT CHANCE THAT ONE OF THESE
STORMS WILL IMPACT THE FIRE. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 PERCENT ON FRIDAY AS ADDITIONAL MID-LEVEL MOISTURE
BEGINS TO MOVE BACK INTO THE STATE.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-69.
  MAX HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                      SHIFTING TO THE WEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......790.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-94.
  MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...GREG BLANK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110727.RUDDC.01/SLC

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