FNUS75 KSLC 182023
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR 73
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
223 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL BE THE EAST OF THE AREA
BY THIS EVENING WHICH WILL CAUSE ANY LEFT OVER CONVECTION TO END
BY THEN. A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY
FOR DRY BUT COOL CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST ON SUNDAY
AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL JUMP BY ABOUT TEN DEGREES. VERY
WARM...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
  MIN HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) EARLY
                      THEN CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
  MAX HUMIDITY........82-88 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                      DOWNSLOPE AT 2-4 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......410.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...ROYCE ARNOLD
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120518.73___.01/SLC

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