FNUS75 KSLC 301456 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK CREEK RX NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 756 AM MST WED NOV 30 2011 .DISCUSSION...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN NEVADA WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS JUST NOW TAKING FORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL UTAH AND WILL MAKE A SOLID PUSH THROUGH THE DUCK CREEK AREA BETWEEN 15-1700. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAMP UP AND BECOME GUSTY THIS MORNING BUT WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEREAFTER WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTH TO NORTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT BUT WILL TREND MORE EASTERLY FOR THURSDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY FILL IN BETWEEN 18-2000...THEN INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY BEFORE TURNING SHOWERY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE IN THE 5-10 INCH RANGE. BOTTOM LINE... TRENDING COLD AND BLUSTERY WITH SNOW...WINDS MAKING AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN TRENDING MORE EASTERLY FOR THURSDAY...STRONG AT TIMES. .TODAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL 1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-48. MIN HUMIDITY........33-39 PERCENT THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 15-1700. .TONIGHT... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). LIGHT SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN SNOW. MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-22. MAX HUMIDITY........97-100 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW. MAX TEMPERATURE.....25-27. MIN HUMIDITY........65-67 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY TRENDING MORE EASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...MERRILL REQUESTED BY...EARL LEVANGER REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111130.DUCKC.01/SLC $$