FNUS75 KSLC 211332
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRATER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
732 AM MDT SUN JUL 21 2013

.DISCUSSION...A VERY MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST UTAH TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 1200 AND 1400 AND DRIFT SOUTHWEST OFF
OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE
STORMS CREATING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN SMALL STREAMS AND
NORMALLY DRY WASHES. BE COGNIZANT OF ANY DRY WASHES THAT YOU CROSS
THAT COULD BECOME POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD ZONES IN HEAVY RAIN.

NORTH NORTHEAST DRAINAGE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT
SOUTHWEST AROUND 1200...EXCEPT IN AND AROUND ANY THUNDERSTORM WHEN
ERRATIC WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......830.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....100.
  MIN HUMIDITY........17-21 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS AT 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                      20 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH
                      LATE IN THE MORNING.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
  MAX HUMIDITY........42-48 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH
                      LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                      NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......630.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                      AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-98.
  MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 MPH
                      LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 10
                      TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...COURTNEY HADLOCK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130721.CRATE.01/SLC

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