FNUS75 KSLC 041026
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPIKE ELK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
426 AM MDT THU OCT 4 2012

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SHIFT TO A DRY NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW THIS EVENING. A WEAK DRY COLD FRONT WILL SLIP BY THE AREA
UNDER THIS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 15-20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......960.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-16 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTHWEST 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
  MAX HUMIDITY........48-50 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING
                      LIGHT AT 5 MPH OR POSSIBLE DOWNSLOPE AFTER
                      MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-16 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTHWEST 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...MATT CHRISTENSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121003.SPIKE.01/SLC

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