FNUS75 KSLC 061224
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR ZION CANYON GRASS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
524 AM MST WED FEB 6 2013

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH
THE AREA THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD HIGH CLOUDS EXIST AT THIS TIME
BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO THIN AND PASS EAST OF THE SITE LATE
THIS MORNING. MODERATE SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY ORIENTED TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR GOOD CLEARING VALUES BOTH TODAY
AND TOMORROW. DIURNAL NORTHERLY OUTFLOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION TO MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS MID MORNING AS
A WEAK LOW LEVEL INVERSION BREAKS. NORTHERLY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL
RETURN TONIGHT WITH SIMILAR WIND TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS EXPECTED
FOR THURSDAY.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY INCREASING
THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. THIS SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WILL
ONLY SLOWLY GRIND EAST THIS WEEKEND KEEPING INTERMITTENT PRECIP
IN THE AREA THROUGH THAT TIME.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......740.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
  MIN HUMIDITY........16-20 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 GUSTING 20 MPH
                      THROUGH 0900 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 GUSTING
                      18 MPH FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....32-34.
  MAX HUMIDITY........40-46 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST 7 GUST 13 MPH THROUGH 2000...THEN
                      SWITCHING TO NORTHER 10 GUST 20 MPH FOR THE
                      REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......790.
  SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
                      BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 GUSTING 20 MPH
                      THROUGH 0900 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 GUSTING
                      14 MPH FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES COURTRIGHT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130206.ZIONC.01/SLC

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