FNUS75 KSLC 170628
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR PATCH SPRINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1228 AM MDT SAT AUG 17 2013

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

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE WORKING NORTH THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BRING AN INCREASING TREND IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE BIGGEST
CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH-BASED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE INCREASE IN MOISTURE TODAY WILL
PROBABLY NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE WETTING RAINS...SO ERRATIC WINDS
AND LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY WILL HAVE A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE AT
GENERATING MEASURABLE RAINFALL...WITH ERRATIC WINDS AND LIGHTNING
REMAINING THE MAIN THREAT. THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK
SHOULD BRING SHOWERS/STORMS WITH A MUCH IMPROVED CHANCE OF WETTING
RAINS. HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED
DUE TO PRECIPITATION AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER.


.REST OF TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
  MAX HUMIDITY........20-23 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......800.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) WITH A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                      0900.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-94.
  MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1000.
                      GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR ANY
                      SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......830.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) WITH
                      A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER) WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                      THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

  MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-93.
  MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE
                      WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...SARA FLINDERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130816.PATCH.01/SLC

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