FNUS75 KSLC 080030
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WATER CANYON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
630 PM MDT SUN APR 7 2013

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO UTAH FROM
EARLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN UTAH MOUNTAINS FOR THIS TIME FRAME.
STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW AT YOUR BURN SITE ARE EXPECTED TO BETWEEN 10
AND 16 INCHES. RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP LATE MONDAY MORNING AS
THE STORM CRANKS UP OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH. WHERE THE CENTER OF THE
STORM CIRCULATION DEVELOPS MONDAY WILL IMPACT THE TIMING OF THE
PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL SNOW. ITS POSSIBLE THAT CHANGE OVER MAY
NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN
TIMING OF CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS LOW THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE
THAT HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT INTO AT
LEAST MIDDAY TUESDAY.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WINDS SHOULD SHIFT FROM SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO NORTH
NORTHWEST LATE MONDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
STEADILY INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SPEEDS OF
30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY
TUESDAY. SNOW SHOULD END LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
  MAX HUMIDITY........79-81 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WILL BECOME
                      SOUTHWEST AT 20-30 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.

.MONDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SHOWERS
                      UNTIL NOON. SNOW SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
  MIN HUMIDITY........48-50 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WINDY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      35 MPH IN THE MORNING WILL DECREASE AROUND MIDDAY
                      AND BECOME NORTH NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
                      WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                      MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). HEAVY
                      SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW
                      SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-37.
  MIN HUMIDITY........68-80 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE MONROE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130407.WATER.01/SLC

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