FNUS75 KSLC 201301
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR DUCK CREEK PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
701 AM MDT WED MAR 20 2013

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS
DRAWING MOISTURE INTO THE FIRE DISTRICT. LOW LEVELS REMAIN DRY AND
ONLY EXPECT SOME RAIN SHOWERS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWEST
FLOW WILL BE THE TRANSPORT MECHANISM FOR THESE CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AS THE
TEMPERATURES DROP. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE BURN
SITE AROUND 600 TO 800 AM THURSDAY. SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH THE
FRONT AND FOR A SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE
                      OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
  MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND SNOW
                      SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-37.
  MAX HUMIDITY........69-71 PERCENT.
                      WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......720.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD
                      COVER). A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                      MORNING.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...P GOETZINGER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130320.DUCKC.01/SLC

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