FNUS75 KSLC 041024
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR PUMPKIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
424 AM MDT SAT AUG 4 2012

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA WILL
KEEP A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. HOWEVER A
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CAUSE THE
WINDS ALOFT TO BECOME SOUTHERLY OVER THE GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY.
THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL TAP MOISTURE AT MID LEVELS THAT IS OVER
SOUTHERN UTAH AND BRING IT NORTHWARD SUNDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE DRY THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY BUT A SOME SHOWERS COULD ACCOMPANY
THE LATER THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ANOTHER CONCERN
SUNDAY WITH THOSE STORMS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-91.
  MIN HUMIDITY........8-10 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE AT 5-10
                      MPH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
  MAX HUMIDITY........68-70 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE
                      IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AT 3-7 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......940.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS AROUND NOON
                      ...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN
                      THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS KIRBY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120804.PUMPK.01/SLC

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