FNUS75 KSLC 071331
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRACE FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
731 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2013

.DISCUSSION...A WELL DEFINED DISTURBANCE LOCATED NEAR PAGE ARIZONA
WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST UTAH TODAY. THE
EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE FIRE THIS MORNING
THEN BECOME SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE
NORTHERLY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 0.15 TO 0.40 OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. A
DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET IN THIS EVENING THEN SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND REMAIN DRY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      OCCASIONAL RAIN AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-62.
  MIN HUMIDITY........52-58 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                      THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH
                      THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      MIDNIGHT.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
  MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE
                      EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......620.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
  MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...CHRISTENSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130807.GRACE.01/SLC

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