FNUS75 KSLC 302334
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUSBY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
534 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...POTENTIALLY GUSTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THE MID EVENING. GUSTY ERRATIC
WINDS...LITTLE RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TOMORROW IN CONCERT WITH STRONG
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE FIRE SITE AROUND MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOMEWHAT LIGHTER
WINDS.

ENOUGH DRYING TAKES PLACE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO SUPPORT A SECOND
PERIOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH
THE MID EVENING.

CONTINUED VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH POOR OVERNIGHT MOISTURE
RECOVERY INTO THE WEEKEND THOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
  MAX HUMIDITY........20-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING
                      SOUTHWEST AROUND 2200 AND INCREASING TO 15 TO
                      25 MPH AROUND 0200. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      WITH NEARBY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
                      MID EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-94.
  MIN HUMIDITY........7-9 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      AROUND 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                      AROUND 0100 AND DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH.



FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...GERALD KNUDSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.BUSBY.02/SLC

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