FNUS75 KSLC 160957
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND LEDGES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
357 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE FIRE DISTRICT
TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
HUMIDITY WILL ALSO REMAIN LOW. MOISTURE ROTATING NORTHWARD WITH
THIS LOW WILL BRING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF UTAH THROUGH EARLY
EVENING AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS RICHFIELD...BUT MOST
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
LOOKS TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
UTAH. GUSTY WINDS ON FRIDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN
ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE FIRE DISTRICT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....60.
  MAX HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20
                      MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...DAN WASHINGTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120516.SANDL.01/SLC

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