Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
876 FNUS75 KSLC 120145 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Whitney Bear RX...USFS National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 745 PM MDT Tue Jun 11 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 MDT on June 11. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Unusually hot weather Wednesday and Thursday will give way to more seasonal temperatures as the ridge flattens and cooler air advects in from the north. Conditions will stay mostly dry Wednesday and Thursday with some afternoon cumulus, but these will pose <5% chance of precipitation. Low pressure will be passing by to the south on Friday. This will mainly increase cloud cover and bump up RH slightly. Chance of precipitation Friday afternoon is ~15% as most precipitation stays well to the south. Good transport winds will keep clearing indices excellent throughout the entire period. Little to no precipitation is expected after Friday as a dry airmass moves into the region, but cooler temperatures will allow for high RH. Winds each day will primarily be out of the south/west with gusts picking up each afternoon 20-25 mph. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....46-48. Max humidity........48-54 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West/southwest winds weakening and becoming south 4-7 mph overnight. Haines Index........4. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....80-82. Min humidity........18-20 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southerly winds transitioning to southwesterly around 11-13 mph with gusts to around 26 mph in the afternoon. Clearing index......1000+. Haines Index........5. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs around 80. Southwest winds around 10-12 mph gusting to 20-25 mph in the afternoon. .FRIDAY... Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms (~15%). Lows around 50. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 6-10 mph gusting near 20 mph in the afternoon. .SATURDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 10-13 mph gusting 20-25 mph in the afternoon. .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 70s. .MONDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 60s. $$ Forecaster...Mahan Requested by...Skylar Neugebauer Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415912.1/SLC .DELDT 06/11/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL skylar.neugebauer@usda.gov