FNUS75 KSLC 181534 FWSSLC SPOT FORECAST FOR DOCK SPRINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 834 AM MST MON FEB 18 2013 .DISCUSSION...RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY BUT WILL QUICKLY MOVE OVER COLORADO BY TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG TROUGH PLUNGES SOUTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN AND CALIFORNIA. SOUTH SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS AT 10K FT WILL INCREASE TO 25-30 KTS BY TUESDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY REACH 35-40 KTS BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AN INVERSION WHICH WILL BREAK BY LATE MORNING ALLOWING THESE WINDS TO MIX DOWN. BELIEVE THE SURFACE WINDS BETWEEN 8K AND 9K WILL BE SOUTH SOUTHERLY AT 15-20 MPH AFTER 1000 AND REACH 20-25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A TREND OF SHIFTING OVER TO SOUTH BY AFTERNOON PERHAPS EVEN SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT TIMES. .TODAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW. CLEARING INDEX......230. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL 1100...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-43. MIN HUMIDITY........36-38 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MIN TEMPERATURE.....20. MAX HUMIDITY........75-77 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH. .OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY... LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. CLEARING INDEX......1000+. SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-45. MIN HUMIDITY........45-47 PERCENT. WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING INCREASING TO SOUTH 20-25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MAY EVEN SHIFT TO SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT TIMES. FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF REQUESTED BY...CORY NORMAN REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130218.DOCKS.01/SLC $$