FNUS75 KSLC 140329
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BELL CANYON WILDFIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
929 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE SURGED NORTH INTO UTAH TODAY AND
CONTINUES TO SPREAD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS SURGE JUST CROSSED
THE FIRE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 2230 OR SO THEN
DIMINISH. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
INTO SUNDAY ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS COULD ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS BUT SPEEDS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS THEY ARE WITH THIS INITIAL SURGE.

THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER IN THE MOIST AIRMASS AND HUMIDITIES HAVE COME UP...AND
WILL REMAIN ELEVATED WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. A RETURN TO DRIER CONDITIONS BEGINS MONDAY ALTHOUGH
THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DAY. THE DRYING TREND CONTINUES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH
MOISTURE FORECAST TO RETURN AGAIN BY LATE THURSDAY.


.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      A THUNDERSTORM.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
  MAX HUMIDITY........69-71 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH UNTIL 2300 THEN 5 TO
                      10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-87.
  MIN HUMIDITY........32-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...KEITH BEVAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.BELLC.03/SLC

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