FNUS75 KSLC 122300
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDFIRE EXERCISE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
500 PM MDT FRI APR 12 2013

.DISCUSSION...RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING...THEN GIVE WAY TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL PASS ACROSS MAINLY
NORTHERN UTAH...WELL NORTH OF THE BURN SITE. THE SYSTEM MAY PUSH
FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO INITIATE SOME CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN
UTAH...BUT THE CHANCES ARE SMALL. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS SATURDAY TUNING MORE NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. SECOND COLDER SYSTEM EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN
                      THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                      15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH INCREASING TO
                      SOUTHWEST 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...YOUNG
REQUESTED BY...MIKE MELTON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130412.WILDF.01/SLC

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