FNUS75 KSLC 051433
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR CLAY SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
833 AM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA TODAY. THE VERY
MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL SPAWN A FEW SHOWERS OVER/NEAR THE
FIRE SITE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN AGAIN
SOUTH OF THE FIRE SITE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD INTO
OR NEAR THE SITE BY AROUND MID-AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IF THE STORM HITS THE SITE. CLOUD COVER AND
PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN AND HUMIDITIES UP THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SHIFT WEST FROM THE
PLAINS STATES AND CENTER ACROSS UTAH THIS WEEKEND. WARMER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BOTH DAYS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL
                      1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY
                      AFTERNOON...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS BY MID-AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........31-34 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING WEST
                      SOUTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                      AFTER 1100. ERRATIC WINDS NEAR SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2000
                      ...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL 2400.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
  MAX HUMIDITY........47-50 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 8-12 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
                      10 MPH AFTER 2200.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......900.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
                      THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1000...THEN
                      SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1000.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...RICHARD GONZALES
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120705.CLAYS.01/SLC

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