FNUS75 KSLC 101913
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR IBAPAH PILE RX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1213 PM MST THU JAN 10 2013

.DISCUSSION...A COLD PACIFIC TROUGH JUST SURGED THE LEADING EDGE
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE IBAPAH SITE ALLOWING FOR UNLIMITED CLEARING
POTENTIAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING
TO SPORADIC AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PEAK SPEEDS HAVE LIKELY ALREADY BEEN MET.
THIS SAID...35 MPH GUSTS REMAIN POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST
TO NORTHWEST THROUGH TOMORROW WITH SPEEDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
FROM WHAT IS REALIZED THIS AFTERNOON.

CLEARING WILL REMAIN EXCELLENT TOMORROW BUT A VERY COLD AND
INCREASINGLY STABLE AIRMASS WILL CREATE POOR CONDITIONS BY
SATURDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). AREAS OF
                      BLOWING SNOW. SNOW.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....26 NOW AND COOLING THIS AFTERNOON.
  MIN HUMIDITY........84-91 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 35 MPH GRADUALLY DECREASING LATE THIS
                      AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). AREAS OF
                      BLOWING SNOW. SNOW UNTIL 2300. OCCASIONAL
                      SNOW AFTER 2300.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....8 TO 14 ABOVE.
  MAX HUMIDITY........98-100 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE
                      OF SNOW SHOWERS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....18-22.
  MIN HUMIDITY........61-63 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 20 MPH.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...ERIC LAMALFA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130110.IBAPA.01/SLC

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