FNUS75 KSLC 160331
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR 222
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
931 PM MDT THU AUG 15 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...THE COMBINATION OF HOT NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES
AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
FRIDAY. THIS WEEKEND THE THREAT TRANSITIONS TO DRY LIGHTNING AND
MICROBURST WINDS AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE INVADES FROM ARIZONA AND
SOUTHERN UTAH. THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN WILL INCREASE A BIT
SUNDAY BUT CHANCES OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN THE
CONTINUED THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS
NEAR SHOWERS.

.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-63.
  MAX HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........7-10 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 0900...
                      THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 5 TO 15
                      MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1300.
                      DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2100.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-88.
  MIN HUMIDITY........14-16 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 0900...
                      THEN SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 5 TO 15
                      MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1300.
                      DOWNSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2100.
                      GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS NEAR SHOWERS.

FORECASTER...ROGOWSKI
REQUESTED BY...KEN WRIGHT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130815.222__.01/SLC

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