FNUS75 KSLC 291718
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUSBY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1118 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2011

.DISCUSSION...MAIN TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST CONTINUES TO EJECT
SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
AND NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. ONE SUCH DISTURBANCE MOVED BY
LAST EVENING AND ANOTHER IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP
CREEKS AREA THIS EVENING PRODUCING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE HAS DECREASED ALOFT THE SURFACE
MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH WITH NEARLY IDENTICAL DEW POINTS THIS
MORNING AT THE WEST SALT FLATS MESO SITE JUST TO YOUR NORTHEAST
AND CLIFTON FLATS TO YOUR SOUTHWEST.

WINDS WILL BE MAINLY TERRAIN DRIVEN TODAY WITH AN UPSLOPE
COMPONENT DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY AND THEN CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALOFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST BUT
THE FLOW AT THE SURFACE AT YOUR LOCATION SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY FROM NOON UNTIL
9PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.


.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1500 MDT.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE EVENING.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
  MAX HUMIDITY........39-41 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AFTER
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH EARLY
                      IN THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........10-12 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...GREG BLANK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.BUSBY.01/SLC

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