FNUS75 KSLC 072330
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR THIRD WATER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
530 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2013

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AT THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN ON THE FIRE
TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT BUT COULD PERSIST INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE
STORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO GENERATE STRONG GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
THAN RAIN WITH ONLY A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN ON THE
FIRE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS AGAIN FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY BUT THESE WOULD BE MOSTLY DRY. AWAY FROM STORMS...SLOPE
WINDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS BUT
AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERCOME THE LOCAL UPSLOPE EACH
DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HUMIDITY WILL BE FALLING STARTING
THURSDAY LIKELY GETTING BELOW 15 PERCENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.


.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................4 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (60-70
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-52.
  MAX HUMIDITY........80-82 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH
                      DROPPING OFF BY LATE LATE IN THE
                      EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                      EAST 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......850.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........18-21 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5 MPH
                      AFTER 1000 THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 MPH
                      AFTER 1400 IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS
                      TO 35 MPH NEAR STORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......760.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-78.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                      SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...BOWTHORPE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130807.THIRD.01/SLC

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