FNUS75 KSLC 311422
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TODDLER FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
822 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2011

.DISCUSSION...THE RATHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. THE MOISTURE
PLUME OVER SOUTHERN UTAH THAT HAS FUELED THUNDERSTORMS THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE FIRE SITE LATER TODAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL 1100
                      ...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER 1300.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO
                      16 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                      TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL 2100...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      2100...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
  MAX HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 17 TO 23 MPH...DECREASING TO 8 TO
                      14 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER 1400.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-77.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...
                      INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 32
                      MPH AFTER 1100.


FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Gregg Christensen
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110831.TODDL.01/SLC

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