FNUS75 KSLC 241857
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR KOLOB CANYONS SAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1257 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

.DISCUSSION...ACTIVE WEATHER DAY AHEAD BEFORE DRYING TAKES PLACE
TOMORROW. CURRENTLY WATCHING TWO THUNDERSTORM CELLS AT THIS
TIME...THE FIRST IS JUST NOW EXITING TAYLOR CANYON TO THE EAST
WHILE THE NEXT IS JUST NOW MOVING OVERHEAD. A FEW LIGHTNING
STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR BUT MAIN STORM FEATURE
WILL BE BRIEF AND AT TIMES HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
.25 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOURS TIME. A BRIEF BREAK
IS EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 1400 TO AS LATE AS
1600...THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS LIKELY. THESE
STORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY FOR BEING VERY HEAVY RAINERS IF A
STRONG CELL DEVELOPS OVERHEAD. WILL BE MONITORING STORMS VERY
CLOSELY AND WILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT POSSIBLE TO CALL ZION
DISPATCH IF AN EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OR WIDESPREAD LIGHTNING
EVENT LOOKS TO TAKE PLACE AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. STORM
THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY 2200.

JUST SAW RANGER REPORT OF SMALL RISES IN THE MIDDLE FORK OF
TAYLOR AND EXPECT FURTHER RISES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NO
IMMINENT FLASH FLOOD AT THIS TIME HOWEVER.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................4.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...EXCEPT GUSTS TO
                      30 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
  MAX HUMIDITY........65-67 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 15 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......840.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...DAVID HOLMES
REASON FOR REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120724.KOLOB.01/SLC

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