FNUS75 KSLC 202030
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WATER CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
230 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2011

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE
AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS RESULTING IN A DRYING AND
WARMING TREND. HOWEVER...DESPITE LOWERING SURFACE RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN FOR A FEW BUILD UPS
ON SUNDAY.

FOR TONIGHT...A THERMAL BELT WILL LIKELY FORM AND YOUR FIRE SHOULD
BE ON THE UP EDGE OF IT. THEREFORE THE RH RECOVERY WILL ONLY BE
MODERATE.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL 1700 THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......980.
  SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (20-40 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1700.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                      BECOMING SOUTH SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
                      AS THE UPSLOPE COMPONENT BECOMES THE DRIVING
                      FORCE.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....60.
  MAX HUMIDITY........53-55 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AT
                      3-6 MPH AFTER SUNSET.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-83.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      THEN BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...K  KAUSE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110820.WATER.01/SLC

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