FNUS75 KSLC 020022
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR DALLAS CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
622 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2012

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL
SOUTHEAST OF THE BURN SITE. THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW
BUT THE CHANCES THAT THIS OUTFLOW REACHING THE FIRE SITE IS
REMOTE. DRIER AIR ALREADY OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE
DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. THIS WILL
INCREASINGLY CONFINE AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE STATE. UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE NORTHWEST
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED
AREAS IN NORTHWEST UTAH ARE EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
HOWEVER...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING. FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO
THURSDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN UTAH. MODELS SUGGEST THAT MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL
RETURN TO THE STATE FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING SATURDAY.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-67.
  MAX HUMIDITY........49-51 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE
                      IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                      LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                      WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....81-83.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...WADE SNYDER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120801.DALLA.01/SLC

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