FNUS75 KSLC 031054
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH HILLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
454 AM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

.DISCUSSION...DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SLIP INTO THE REGION TODAY
AS THE RIDGE AXIS SETS UP OVER WESTERN NEVADA AND PROVIDES A
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE FLOW ALOFT GRADUALLY BECOMES SOUTHERLY
LATER SATURDAY AND THIS WILL IMPORT SOME MOISTURE AT MID AND HIGH
LEVELS BACK INTO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. BECAUSE THIS WILL BE
A WEAKER MONSOON SURGE AND AT HIGH LEVELS THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL
                      NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-94.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-18 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING
                      THEN INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                      MPH THIS AFTERNOON..

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-65.
  MAX HUMIDITY........54-58 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......620.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                      BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120802.NORTH.02/SLC

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