FNUS75 KSLC 161309
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR THIRD WATER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
709 AM MDT FRI AUG 16 2013

.DISCUSSION...THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEST
WILL GENERATE ANOTHER DAY OF WARM TEMPERATURES AT THE FIRE SITE. MOISTURE
WORKING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL UTAH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GENERATE CUMULUS
AT THE SITE BY AFTERNOON. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE
RECOVERIES TONIGHT. THE FIRST THREAT FOR SHOWERS WILL REACH THE SITE BY
SATURDAY MORNING....WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON.
DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH
WETTING RAINS LIKELY THROUGH THE WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........6 ..HIGH.
  CLEARING INDEX......750.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) UNTIL 1000
                      THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-87.
  MIN HUMIDITY........10-12 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                      6 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1100.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
  MAX HUMIDITY........46-49 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 TO
                      8 MPH AFTER 2300.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 4.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER) BY AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                      SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS
                      AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....SOUTH WINDS 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                      5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                      POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.



FORECASTER...CONGER
REQUESTED BY...D  COLLINS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130816.THIRD.02/SLC

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