FNUS75 KSLC 021033
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR TABBY MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
433 AM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013

.DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE
AREA AGAIN TODAY AND MINIMAL CHANGE TO LARGE SCALE
AIRMASS...EXPECTING VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS TODAY AT TABBY THAT
OCCURRED YESTERDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND
DIURNALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN AND HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN MODERATE AT
BEST. THIS SAID...BUILDUPS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY COME MIDDAY AND POSE A THREAT
OF ADDIONAL LIGHTNING...MINIMAL RAINFALL AND GUSTY/ERRATIC WIND
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. DECENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IS
ON TAP TONIGHT AS HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO NEAR 40
PERCENT.

THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT OVERHEAD COME WEDNESDAY
INCREASING BOTH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA.
TEMPS/RH/WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY SIMILAR YET AGAIN BUT THE CHANCE
OF STORMS IMPACTING THE WILDFIRE SITE WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. A
MODEST COOLING/MOISTENING TREND IS EXPECTED LATE WEEK BUT
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL TREND TO INCREASE THURSDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......570.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). BUILDUPS AFTER
                      1200 WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      1400.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY 0900...THEN BECOMING
                      UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH AFTER 1200. GUSTY
                      AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH ANY PASSING
                      SHOWER/STORM.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL 2200...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ANY BUILDUPS/STORMS DISSIPATE AROUND 2200.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
  MAX HUMIDITY........38-40 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                      DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH AFTER 2300.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......730.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1200 BECOMING
                      SCATTERED AFTER 15/1600.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH BECOMING
                      LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY 08/0900...THEN BECOMING
                      UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-9 MPH AFTER 1200. GUSTY
                      AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH ANY PASSING
                      SHOWER/STORM.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...CLARE BOERIGTER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130701.TABBY.01/SLC

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