FNUS75 KSLC 220041 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR WHISKEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 641 PM MDT TUE AUG 21 2012 .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE IS INCREASING OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND WITH IT COMES AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL THREATEN THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MUCH RAIN BUT THEY WILL HAVE OCCASIONAL GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE THREAT CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE GENERALLY UP/DOWN SLOPE ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY STORMS. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RISE SOMEWHAT WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. .TONIGHT... LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-49. MAX HUMIDITY........77-79 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH UNTIL 2200 THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL NOON...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78. MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER 1000...THEN INCREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY... LAL.................3 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76. MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER 1000. FORECASTER...WILENSKY REQUESTED BY...TURNER REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120821.WHISK.01/SLC $$