FNUS75 KSLC 160051
FWSSLC

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

...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...VERY WARM DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY OVER NORTHERN UTAH AND THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2100 LOCAL TIME FRIDAY
EVENING. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT OF HIGH BASED MOSTLY DRY
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON SATURDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS.

WEAK INVERSIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL BECOME
DOWNSLOPE AFTER 2100. FAIR HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED IN THE
LOWER VALLEY LOCATIONS WHILE THERMAL BELT CONDITIONS WILL KEEP IT
WARM AND DRY MID SLOPE. ANY VALLEY INVERSIONS WILL QUICKLY BREAK
BY 1000 FRIDAY AND WINDS WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AGAIN
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OUT OF THE
SOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING A GRADUAL INCREASE IN HUMIDITY AND AN
INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN INCREASES SUNDAY AND
CONTINUES INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.


.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
  MAX HUMIDITY........50-52 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHEAST 5 MPH AFTER 2100.

.FRIDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........9-11 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
                      10-15 MPH AFTER NOON.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........15-17 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. ERRATIC GUSTS TO
                      40 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS.



FORECASTER...WILENSKY
REQUESTED BY...MIKE ERIKSSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130815.ROCKP.02/SLC

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