FNUS75 KSLC 142124
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILD CATTLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
324 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST
ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MOISTURE TOWARDS THE
BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
PRECIPITATION SHOULD REACH THE FIRE SITE AFTER 00Z AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING. AS THE SUN GOES DOWN...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO
BREAK UP AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WANE. SOME STRATIFORM
PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR ON AND OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS
SCENARIO SHOULD REPEAT THURSDAY WITH A POSSIBLE WINDOW OF DRY
WEATHER TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN REACHES OF THE DISTRICT AND A
SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS CROSSING THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN WILL
BRING INCREASED MOISTURE TO THE NORTHERN PORTION WHICH WILL KEEP
THE BURN AREA UNDER UNSETTLED CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......820.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-61.
  MIN HUMIDITY........45-47 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
  MAX HUMIDITY........89-91 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......610.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....60.
  MIN HUMIDITY........60-62 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...WILD CATTLE L O
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110914.WILDC.03/SLC

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