FNUS75 KSLC 071340
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE NORTH CREEK RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
640 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012

.DISCUSSION...THE HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER UTAH THIS MORNING WILL
SLIDE EAST OF THE STATE BY THIS EVENING. THIS SHIFT IN THE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR WEST-SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
SCHEDULED COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST
WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE MID-MORNING FRIDAY.

AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...
WITH LITTLE THREAT FOR WETTING RAINS. A BRIEF BURST OF RAIN QUICKLY
CHANGING TO SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT.
ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDAFTERNOON...THEN
FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL
DEVELOP SATURDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TURN
SHOWERY SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY...THEN END SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME.

IN THE LONG RANGE PERIOD /BEYOND MONDAY/ A NEW STORM SYSTEM WILL
DROP INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS STORM SEEMS
TO HAVE SIGHTS ON A SOUTHERN TRACK WHICH WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH
SOUTHERN UTAH/NORTHERN ARIZONA AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE
FIRE SITE WOULD BE IN LINE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW...THOUGH AT
THIS TIME HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED.


.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......880.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-67.
  MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 16 MPH...WINDS INCREASING TO
                      12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 DURING
                      THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-46.
  MAX HUMIDITY........40-44 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                      MPH. WINDS INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 24 MPH AFTER 0200.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
  MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH
                      INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 40 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) WITH
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS. BECOMING CLOUDY (90-95
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER) WITH RAIN CHANGING TO
                      SNOW AROUND 1000.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-48.
  MIN HUMIDITY........54-56 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....VERY WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
                      SHIFTING TO WEST-NORTHWEST AND DECREASING
                      AROUND 1000.

FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...Cory Norman
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121107.LITTL.01/SLC

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