FNUS75 KSLC 252040
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR HENRIE KNOLLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
240 PM MDT TUE OCT 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE FIRE SITE FROM THE
NORTH SITS JUST A FEW MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE AT MID-
AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHWARD PUSH OF THE FRONT HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY
AS IT WAITS FOR A STRONGER COLD AIR PUSH TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE SITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...GENERATING A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS OVER/NEAR THE SITE THROUGH MID-EVENING. AFTER MID-EVENING
THE FRONT WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FIRE SITE IS THAT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY AT THEIR WARMEST/DRIEST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
WETTING RAINS AND HIGH RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT...
AND ON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY MORNING WITH HIGH RH VALUES DUE TO THE RECENT PRECIPITATION.
RAPID DRYING AND STEADY WARMING IS ANTICIPATED LATE IN THE WEEK AND
ON THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND.


.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......920.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
  MIN HUMIDITY........28-31 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      18 MPH. BRIEF ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WITH
                      THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                      UNTIL 2200...THEN SNOW LIKELY...ESPECIALLY
                      AFTER 0200.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-28.
  MAX HUMIDITY........84-86 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                      UNTIL 2000...THEN WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTH NORTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      18 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......250.
  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.....36-39.
  MIN HUMIDITY........47-51 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Brian Keating
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111025.HENRI.02/SLC

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