FNUS75 KSLC 231918
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR RED LEDGES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
105 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

.DISCUSSION...DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE BURN AREA...THOUGH THERE
IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IF CLOUDS THIN OUT ENOUGH FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. WILL
CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY MONITOR THE WILDFIRE FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.

A DRYING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW...THROUGH RH VALUES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TOMORROW
AS A SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE.

MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA SATURDAY...BRINGING INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................5.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......980.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-36 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
  MAX HUMIDITY........75-77 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-87.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST 10 TO 15 WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...SHANE ZIMMERMAN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120823.REDLE.01/SLC

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