FNUS75 KSLC 111347
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARD SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
747 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM...BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WITH
GUSTS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
WINDS WILL BE DUE EASTERLY AT TIMES...AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE AT
THE COTTONWOOD RAWS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR
WINDS TO SHIFT TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY IS BETWEEN 1300 AND 1600
LOCAL TIME...WITH A CHANCE THAT WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY AT
TIMES AS THEY FUNNEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN GAP. WINDS COULD ALSO
BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR SHOWERS...PARTICULARLY EARLY IN THE
AFTERNOON.

TIMING PRECIPITATION WILL BE TRICKY DUE TO THE POTENTIALLY
SHOWERY NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...IT LOOKS LIKE THE
BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO BEGIN NEAR THE BURN SITE IS BETWEEN
1400 AND 1600 LOCAL TIME...WITH THE BEST PRECIPITATION TAPERING
OFF AROUND 1900...THOUGH SHOWERS COULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD
SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD FALL IN THE FORM
OF SNOW...BUT GENERALLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OR LESS IS
EXPECTED. COLD AND MOIST CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK AND THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION COMING FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY
                      AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                      TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                      40 MPH LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-34.
  MAX HUMIDITY........89-92 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
                      DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A CHANCE OF SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-48.
  MIN HUMIDITY........35-38 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 20 MPH.



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...GOETZINGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120411.EDWAR.01/SLC

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