848 
FNUS75 KSLC 251346
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST CREEK PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
746 AM MDT WED SEP 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...COLD FRONT JUST PASSING THROUGH THE SALT LAKE VALLEY
AT THIS TIME...WITH COLD UPPER TROUGH CONTINUING AN EASTWARD
SLIDE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. EXPECTING WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY
FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TURNING MORE
WESTERLY LATE AFTERNOON AND DECREASING. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS 11-1200 BUT THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO COME IN THE 14-2000 WINDOW THIS AFTERNOON
WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING TO WET SNOW AT THE FIRE SITE...DECREASING
AND LIKELY MOSTLY BREAKING UP OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS LOOK LIGHT
THOUGH PRECIPITATION RATES WILL LIKELY BE MODERATE AT TIMES
ALLOWING FOR A GOOD WETTING SCENARIO THIS AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH
MORE THAN AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
PRECIPITATION AS MAINLY SNOW SHOWERS BUT COULD SEE MIXED
RAIN/SNOW BRIEFLY AROUND MIDDAY TOMORROW. EVEN COLDER AIR WILL
FILTER IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND WILL SEE SOME PERIODIC SNOW
SHOWERS CONTINUE INTO AND THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES AT BEST.

BOTTOM LINE...MOIST AND WET WITH DECREASING WINDS THROUGH THE 
FORECAST PERIOD.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................1 UNTIL NOON...THEN 2. 
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. 
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). 
                      SHOWERS...SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF 
                      THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON. 
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-49. 
  MIN HUMIDITY........46-48 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
                      AROUND 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 
                      20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. 

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1. 
  HAINES INDEX........2 ..VERY LOW. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). 
                      OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. 
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-24. 
  MAX HUMIDITY........92-94 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 
                      5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
  LAL.................1. 
  HAINES INDEX........3 ..VERY LOW. 
  CLEARING INDEX......1000+. 
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). 
                      OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. 
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-38. 
  MIN HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT. 
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....DOWNSLOPE 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 
                      LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE 
                      WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 



FORECASTER...MERRILL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES TURNER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130925.LOSTC.01/SLC

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