FNUS75 KSLC 081916
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR FAUST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
116 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE INCREASING ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH WILL ALLOW
FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE FIRE SITE. VERY DRY AIR AT
THE SURFACE WILL KEEP MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM
REACHING THE SURFACE...RESULTING IN DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
MICROBURST WINDS. ADDITIONAL DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE OUT OF NEVADA AND ACROSS THE SITE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THESE
STORMS.

A SLIGHT DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED THURSDAY...HOWEVER LINGERING
MOISTURE WILL LIKELY STILL ALLOW FOR A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST NORTH OF
THE AREA FRIDAY...WHICH WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO THE
AREA. THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WETTING RAINS.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......580.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      WITH WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-96.
  MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS TO 45 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2400.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 60.
  MAX HUMIDITY........51-53 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNVALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 5-10 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC
                      WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......470.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN KUTTERER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120808.FAUST.02/SLC

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