FNUS75 KSLC 141035
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR PATCH SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
435 AM MDT WED AUG 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING A WARMING AND DRYING
TREND...ALLOWING FOR NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH VERY
LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.
THIS COMBINED WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX HAS PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. WITH THE STRENGTHENING RIDGE...WINDS WILL
BECOME INCREASINGLY DRIVEN BY SLOPE FLOWS TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-97.
  MIN HUMIDITY........6-10 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH-SOUTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH
                      BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH
                      GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-66.
  MAX HUMIDITY........22-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                      TO 15 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING
                      SOUTH-SOUTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH
                      AFTER 2100.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......900.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-98.
  MIN HUMIDITY........5-9 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH-SOUTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH
                      BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH
                      WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...SEAMAN
REQUESTED BY...NUIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.PATCH.02/SLC

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