FNUS75 KSLC 181427 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR PUG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 827 AM MDT THU AUG 18 2011 .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTH INTO SOUTHWESTERN UTAH TODAY AND WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING SCATTERED HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GOOD CHANCE THAT GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS WILL IMPACT THE PROJECT SITE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...WINDS TODAY WILL BECOME LIGHT NORTHERLY UPSLOPE THIS MORNING BUT FREE AIR SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL TEND TO SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON OCCASIONALLY OVERCOMING THE UPSLOPE AND CREATING SHIFTING SWIRLING WINDS AT THE PROJECT SITE. ANY GUSTS FROM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE STRONG AND ERRATIC. ENOUGH MOISTURE LINGERS FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH THE CHANCE OF ONE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE PROJECT APPEARS A LITTLE LESS THAN TODAY. WINDS FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS OVERCOMING LOCAL SLOPE WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ON SATURDAY. .TODAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-94. MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORMS. .TONIGHT... LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-59. MAX HUMIDITY........67-69 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 1-5 MPH AFTER 2200. .OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY... LAL.................2. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93. MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...WILENSKY REQUESTED BY...CCIFC REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110818.PUG__.01/SLC $$