FNUS75 KSLC 072251
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR FAUST CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
451 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVERHEAD 
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO GENERALLY
LIGHT WINDS AWAY FROM SHOWERS. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...WITH ONLY A 10-20
PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...THEN INCREASING ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A SMALL INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY
FLOW NEAR THE SURFACE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WHICH WILL
LIKELY TRANSLATE TO AN EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY WIND AT THE FIRE WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE TYPICAL DAYTIME UPSLOPE WINDS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1. 
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). 
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-60. 
  MAX HUMIDITY........44-47 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 7 MPH. 

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. 
  CLEARING INDEX......840. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) 
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE 
                      OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN 
                      THE AFTERNOON. 
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-97. 
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-14 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2. 
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. 
  CLEARING INDEX......910. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A 
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN 
                      THE AFTERNOON. 
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-95. 
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 



FORECASTER...SCHOENING
REQUESTED BY...NATE HUNTER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120807.FAUST.01/SLC

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