FNUS75 KSLC 012353 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR SEELEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 553 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2012 .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN AREA. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS LOCAL HEAVY RAIN. SOME GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST UTAH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL CONFINE AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER TOMORROW. FRIDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LESS OF A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN TO THE STATE FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING SATURDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN. .TONIGHT... LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....50. MAX HUMIDITY........85-87 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .THURSDAY... LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH. CLEARING INDEX......1000. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-69. MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-69. MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. FORECASTER...YOUNG REQUESTED BY...JACK REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG20120801.SEELE.01/SLC $$