FNUS75 KSLC 231332
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER SANTA CLARA VEG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
632 AM MST MON JAN 23 2012

.DISCUSSION...NEXT WINTER SYSTEM WILL MORE READILY AFFECT SOUTHERN
UTAH OVER THE NEXT DAY. THIS SYSTEM IS NOW POISED TO MOVE INTO THE
SOUTH AND WILL BRING PLENTY OF SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN
THE VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
FOR AWHILE....BUT WITH THE ONSET OF SNOW THE WINDS SHOULD TAPER
OFF. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE OFF TO THE EAST AND SNOW WILL
BECOME MORE SHOWERY OVER NIGHT AND THEN END BY LATE MORNING ON
TUESDAY. CLEARING INDEX WILL BE GOOD DUE TO WINDS AND
PRECIPITATION TODAY AND DUE TO INCREASING NORTH WINDS ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......660.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-35.
  MIN HUMIDITY........42-44 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SNOW UNTIL 2300...THEN OCCASIONAL SNOW
                      SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....24-26.
  MAX HUMIDITY........91-93 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                      5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 15
                      MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......810.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                      IN THE MORNING.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-37.
  MIN HUMIDITY........42-44 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 30
                      MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...MICAH SUWYN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120123.UPPER.01/SLC

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