FNUS75 KSLC 050016
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR CLAY SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
615 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. EXPECT AN ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER THE BURN SITE AS A RESULT. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE SLIDING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN LATE
TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT
UNSTABLE TOMORROW...AND COUPLED WITH COPIOUS MOISTURE...EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. MUCH OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW WILL BE TIED TO THE TERRAIN...BUT THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WETTING RAIN. ALTHOUGH A DRYING TREND WILL TAKE
PLACE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY
DURING THIS TIME...WITH MOST REMAINING TERRAIN-BASED.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-63.
  MAX HUMIDITY........37-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                      10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ERRATIC WINDS
                      WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH
                      POSSIBLE NEAR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

.THURSDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN WIDELY
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........27-30 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. ERRATIC WINDS WITH
                      GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                      SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......900.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.



FORECASTER...CHENG
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD GONZALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.CLAYS.02/SLC

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