FNUS75 KSLC 271820
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1220 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011

.DISCUSSION...DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AS ALWAYS...WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND
ERRATIC NEAR THESE STORMS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ALSO A
POSSIBILITY FOR ANY STORMS THAT PASS OVERHEAD. SOUTH WINDS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BECOME MORE WESTERLY AS THE AFTERNOON GOES
ON...AND THEN WILL BE STRONGER OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON
SUNDAY.

THE MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST
SUNDAY...WITH GRADUAL DRYING FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE BEGINNING
OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK.


.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......900.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
  MAX HUMIDITY........84-87 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE
                      OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...SEAN MCARTHUR
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110827.SPRIN.01/SLC

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