FNUS75 KSLC 241303
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWASEY PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
600 AM MST TUE JAN 24 2012

.DISCUSSION...STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE BURN AREA TODAY AS
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN.  SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE SKIES BECOME
MOSTLY SUNNY BY AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
THIS MORNING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON.  WITH DECENT
MIXING LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH ADEQUATE
TRANSPORT WINDS...CLEARING INDICES WILL RISE ABOVE 500 TODAY.

WITH FLAT RIDGING OVER THE AREA AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...
CLEARING INDEX VALUES WILL BE MUCH MORE MARGINAL ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1100...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL
                      1100.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
  MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                      TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING...DECREASING TO 5 TO 15
                      MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THIS
                      EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE
                      (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-27.
  MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING
                      INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30
                      MPH OVERNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......450.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-46.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.



FORECASTER...GRAHAM
REQUESTED BY...DIRK ROGERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120124.SWASE.01/SLC

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