FNUS75 KSLC 161452
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
852 AM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD UPPER TROUGH
WILL DEEPEN JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST TODAY. RESULT WILL BE A
NET INCREASE OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING LATE THIS
MORNING CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY
HUG THE BOOK CLIFFS AND POINTS WEST TODAY...THOUGH A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THIS SAID...WETTING RAIN POTENTIAL
REMAINS LOW THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SAID TROUGH WILL ONLY
SLOWLY PULL OFF EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY RETAINING A CHANCE OF
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS INTO AND THROUGH MUCH OF TOMORROW.

BOTTOM LINE...CLEARING INDICES WILL BE EXCELLENT AND LOW LEVEL
WINDS WILL INCREASE AND REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE NORTHWEST
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL NOON...THEN A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
  MIN HUMIDITY........45-52 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH
                      MPH LATE THIS MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                      THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A
                      CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-33.
  MAX HUMIDITY........72-80 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 MPH
                      AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER). A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                      MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH WINDS 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...MARK MARCUM
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130416.LITTL.01/SLC

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