FNUS75 KSLC 140213
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR GAP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
813 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE SURGED NORTH INTO UTAH TODAY AND
CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS CROSSED THE FIRE EARLIER THIS EVENING AT THE
LEADING EDGE OF THIS MOISTURE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
BUT REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND A SMALL CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM AT THE
FIRE SITE OVERNIGHT...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS COULD OCCUR WITH
THESE. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES SUNDAY
AND CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED
CONSIDERABLY 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.


.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-55
  MAX HUMIDITY........75-78 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10-15 MPH DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE
                      LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.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.....90-92.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...RIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.GAP__.01/SLC

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