FNUS75 KSLC 031022
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
422 AM MDT SAT SEP 3 2011

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA
TODAY AND TONIGHT WHICH WILL KEEP A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE
REGION. THE HIGH WILL MOVE A LITTLE EAST ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL
ALLOW MOISTURE TO MOVE NORTHWARD BUT NOT EXPECTED TO REACH YOUR
SITE UNTIL MONDAY. COULD BE DRY LIGHTNING WITH THE ONSET OF THE
MOISTURE. THIS MOISTURE WILL ONLY HANG AROUND THROUGH TUESDAY WHEN
A WESTERLY FLOW SETS BACK IN AND A DRIER AIR MASS WORKS ITS WAY
BACK IN.

UNDER THE LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT EXPECT WINDS TO BE UPLSOPE BY
MID MORNING AND THEN TRANSITION TO WEST NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.
VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AS TO WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED ON
FRIDAY AS FAR AS TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY.


.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE WINDS 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      NORTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                      TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
  MAX HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...SEAN MCARTHUR
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110902.SPRIN.01/SLC

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