FNUS75 KSLC 251256 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR HENRIE KNOLLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 656 AM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011 .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 2000 AND 2200. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT A RELATIVELY MILD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP CLEARING INDICES WELL ABOVE 500 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING BREEZY. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN CONFINED TO AN INCH OR TWO. NORTHERLY WINDS WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PUSH CLEARING INDICES ABOVE 500 DESPITE LIMITED MIXING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...RESULTING IN STABLE CONDITIONS WITH VERY POOR VENTILATION...AND CLEARING INDICES LIKELY IN THE 100-200 RANGE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .TODAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-55. MIN HUMIDITY........44-46 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-27. MAX HUMIDITY........78-80 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......550. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....40. MIN HUMIDITY........36-38 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. FORECASTER...SEAMAN REQUESTED BY...ERIC EASTEP REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111025.HENRI.01/SLC $$