FNUS75 KSLC 232358
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR IBAPAH PILE RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
458 PM MST MON JAN 23 2012

.DISCUSSION...PACIFIC TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA AT THIS
TIME...SNOWFALL HAS ENDED EARLY THIS EVENING AND A GENERAL
IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY DAWN TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT
TRANSPORT WINDS LOOK SUFFICIENT TO KEEP CLEARING INDICES ABOVE
500 FOR BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SURFACE WINDS HOWEVER ARE
EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO GENERALLY LIGHT AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN
SLOPE FLOWS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-25.
  MAX HUMIDITY........83-85 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY
                      DECREASING BY DAWN.

.TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......600.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
  MIN HUMIDITY........37-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH TRANSITIONING TO UPSLOPE
                      5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 1100.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......640.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
  MIN HUMIDITY........31-33 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 5 TO
                      10 MPH AFTER 10/1100.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...ERIC LAMALFA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120124.IBAPA.01/SLC

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