FNUS75 KSLC 151522
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR RESERVATION RIDGE PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
822 AM MST TUE NOV 15 2011

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE RESERVATION
RIDGE SITE OVERNIGHT ALLOWING A NET INCREASE OF NORTHWEST WINDS.
WINDS HAVE BRIEFLY SUBSIDED AS OF 0800 BUT WILL PICK BACK BY 1100
BECOMING GUSTY AGAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SKIES WILL REMAIN
MOSTLY CLOUDY TO OVERCAST THROUGH TODAY...BUT THE ONLY PRECIP
THREATS ARE INTERMITTENT FLURRIES AND/OR A BRIEF LIGHT SNOW
SHOWER WITH NO ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED. THE COMBINATION OF GOOD
TRANSPORT WINDS AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO ROUGHLY 14000 FT WILL
ALLOW FOR NEAR EXCELLENT MIXING CONDITIONS TODAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING TUESDAY
WITHIN A STABILIZING AIRMASS. THIS WILL DRIVE DECREASING TREND CI
VALUES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENT IS
PEGGED TO REACH THE SITE FRIDAY EVENING.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......860.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). INTERMITTENT FLURRIES.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-36.
  MIN HUMIDITY........33-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH...ESPECIALLY AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....20.
  MAX HUMIDITY........80-82 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 20 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......570.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-35.
  MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH
                      LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...MARTELL GIBBONS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111115.RESER.01/SLC

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