FNUS75 KSLC 201744
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR DEEP CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1131 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2013

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER
AFTERNOON OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND THEN
DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVER ADJACENT VALLEYS. WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN
PLACE...STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WETTING RAIN. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS AND
LIGHTNING. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS
ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN UTAH...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THUNDERSTORMS
WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE FIRE. HOWEVER...EVEN IF THE FIRE IS NOT
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY A THUNDERSTORM...GUSTY...ERRATIC WINDS MAY
STILL IMPACT THE FIRE FROM STORMS IN THE AREA.

MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING A
CORRESPONDING DOWNWARD TREND IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. MOISTURE WILL
RETURN FROM THE SOUTH THIS WEEKEND.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL NOON...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS.
                      SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
  MIN HUMIDITY........25-27 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................3 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN 2.
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60
                      PERCENT CLOUD COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT
                      CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
  MAX HUMIDITY........85-87 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL NOON...THEN 3.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  CLEARING INDEX......930.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). A
                      SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                      THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                      THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-92.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH.



FORECASTER...HOSENFELD
REQUESTED BY...CCIFC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.DEEPC.01/SLC

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