FNUS75 KSLC 191243
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK CREEK PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
643 AM MDT TUE MAR 19 2013

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH ABOUT
MIDDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS DISTURBANCE A WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD IN
FOR THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN INCOMING TROUGH THAT
WILL ARRIVE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH WILL MAINLY IMPACT NORTHERN UTAH WITH
PRECIPITATION WITH LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH EXPECTED AT DUCK
CREEK AND THAT WILL MAINLY COME THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
WEST NORTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AT SPEEDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
WITH THIS FRONT. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE
FRIDAY WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SNOW SHOWERS.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......490.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
                      UNTIL NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
  MIN HUMIDITY........10-12 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                      10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-36.
  MAX HUMIDITY........50-52 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                      BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE...THEN BECOMING
                      SOUTHEAST 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE
                      OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                      10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...P GOETZINGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130319.DUCKC.01/SLC

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