FNUS75 KSLC 030547
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BORDER COMPLEX
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1147 PM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE STILL CENTERED A BIT WEST WILL SHIFT
OVERHEAD TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING. WITH THAT MID LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL BE ON THE RISE BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BORDER COMPLEX DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. BRIEF
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AS ARE
WETTING RAINS IF ONE MOVES OVERHEAD. OUTSIDE OF THESE STORM THREATS
SURFACE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN AT OR JUST ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS
AND WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND DIURNALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY HOT TOMORROW BEFORE A MODERATE
COOLING TREND SETS IN THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK AS
THE THE RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA AND THE
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS. WEAK IMPULSES WITHIN WESTERLY
FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS EACH DAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...BUT HUMIDITY TRENDS WILL BE ON THE RISE AND OCCASIONAL
WETTING RAINS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THROUGH 0400 THEN BECOMING
                      PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-73.
  MAX HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                      DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER 0200.

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      BUILDUPS FORM AROUND 1200 WITH INTERMITTENT
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AFTER
                      1400. WETTING RAINS LIKELY WITH ANY DIRECT
                      HIT FROM A THUNDERSTORM.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-97.
  MIN HUMIDITY........19-21 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5
                      TO 10 MPH AFTER 1100. OCCASIONAL ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 25 MPH WITH ANY PASSING SHOWER OR STORM.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......980.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-95.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5
                      MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...GREG BLANK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130702.BORDE.01/SLC

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