FNUS75 KSLC 051015
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR UINTAH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
415 AM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

.DISCUSSION...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD
INTO THE DISTRICT TODAY AND ALLOW CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE FIRE SITE. THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTH OUT OF ARIZONA. EXPECT
WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH WETTING RAIN POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ALSO A THREAT WHICH...AFTER
THE PROLONGED DRY SPELL...COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL FIRE
STARTS...ALTHOUGH WITH THE INCREASED MOISTURE...THE CHANCES ARE
ON THE DECREASE. THE MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION
THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED THREAT
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................5.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      AREAS OF SMOKE UNTIL NOON. OCCASIONAL
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
                      OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........37-39 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                      LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF SMOKE.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
  MAX HUMIDITY........73-75 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......840.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........33-35 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                      MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...GERALD KNUDSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.UINTA.01/SLC

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