FNUS75 KSLC 132225
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK PORT 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
425 PM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...THE COMBINATION OF VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY
LOW HUMIDITY WILL SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THURSDAY.
LOCALLY GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS ARE OCCURRING AT AND NEAR THE FIRE
SITE AT THIS TIME DUE TO LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE AREA. PREDOMINANT
DIRECTION IS FROM THE NORTHEAST BUT CAN BECOME CHAOTIC AT TIMES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SPEEDS GUSTING TO 30
MPH. THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. TOMORROW
SHOULD FEATURE LESS SHOWER ACTIVITY IN THE AREA...BUT THEY WILL
CARRY THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS.
OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND DOMINATED BY TYPICAL TERRAIN
CIRCULATIONS.


.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...
  LAL.................3.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      (20% COVERAGE).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....MID 80S.
  MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN VICINITY OF ANY
                      SHOWERS.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                      (20% COVERAGE).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-53.
  MAX HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN VICINITY OF ANY
                      SHOWERS.

.WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                      AROUND 0930. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS
                      WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN VICINITY OF ANY
                      SHOWERS.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......820.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-92.
  MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                      AROUND 0930.



FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...BOYER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130813.ROCKP.01/SLC

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