FNUS75 KSLC 241400
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SEELEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
800 AM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

.DISCUSSION...DEEP MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
THE STATE FOR ANOTHER 18 HOURS BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE
WEST. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED AT THE
SEELEY FIRE SITE AFTER 1200. VERY WET...THESE STORMS WILL BRING
A HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR WETTING RAINS WITH BRIEF BUT INTENSE
RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS
EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
.25-50 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. A 10 PERCENT CHANCE EXISTS FOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH. WINDS WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY LIGHT
AND TERRAIN DRIVEN BUT BRIEF GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH OUTFLOWS FROM ADJACENT STORMS. BULK OF STORM POTENTIAL WILL
DISSIPATE THIS EVENING BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT PASSING SHOWERS
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW
AS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS OVER THE STATE. THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
WILL AID TO SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON BUT ISOLATED STORMS WITH LESS RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE AFTER 1200. WINDS WILL REMAIN MAINLY LIGHT
AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN ON
THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA ALLOWING A
MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP AGAIN.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 5.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......780.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN
                      OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE
                      AFTERNOON. WETTING RAINS LIKELY WITH
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-65.
  MIN HUMIDITY........51-58 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                      UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH BY 1100. GUSTY
                      AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH AFTERNOON
                      THUNDERSTORMS WITH SPEEDS UP TO 35 MPH FOR
                      10 TO 15 MINUTES AT A TIME.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................5 UNTIL 2200...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........87-89 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......880.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
  MIN HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH LATE IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...WILLIAMS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120724.SEELE.01/SLC

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