FNUS75 KSLC 131350 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR BOX CREEK BROADCAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 750 AM MDT TUE SEP 13 2011 .DISCUSSION...THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION IS JUST OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF CALIFORNIA WHICH KEEPING A SOMEWHAT MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER UTAH. A DISTURBANCE WITHIN THIS OVERALL CIRCULATION LOCATED NEAR LAS VEGAS THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND PROVIDE EXTRA LIFT TO CREATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BELIEVE THE FIRST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WILL BE BETWEEN 1100 AND 1200 AND THEN BECOME MORE ACTIVE THIS AFTERNOON. WETTING RAINS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS MOVEMENT WILL BE VERY SLOW. WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY OF THESE STORMS. ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS THE ENTIRE CIRCULATION MOVES IN ACROSS ARIZONA AND A MOIST SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS YOUR AREA. .TODAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-62. MIN HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-42. MAX HUMIDITY........84-88 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH. .OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY... LAL.................3 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......820. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58. MIN HUMIDITY........44-48 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF REQUESTED BY...WESS FREEBORN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110913.BOXCR.01/SLC $$