Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
977 FNUS75 KSLC 070130 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Ponderosa RX...USFS National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 730 PM MDT Thu Jun 6 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MDT on June 07. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Showers and thunderstorms will develop Friday afternoon across portions of northern Utah, first developing as isolated to scattered storms over higher terrain during the afternoon, producing minimal rainfall. Hi-res models then suggest a brief break in showers during the late afternoon ahead of a line of showers/thunderstorms arriving around 1800-2000...with lingering uncertainty in the exact timing. Despite uncertainties, showers are likely to wrap up by midnight. Any storms that develop on Friday will be capable of producing gusty and erratic outflow winds around 40-50 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph possible (15% chance). Showers on Saturday will still be capable of gusty winds, however peak gusts will likely be lower than on Friday. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud cover). Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms (30% chance) after 1300. CWR.................10 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................1 until 1300, then 4. Max temperature.....79-82. Min humidity........30-33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 3-5 mph becoming west 5-10 mph after 1200. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Clearing index......1000+. Haines Index........4. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (60-70 percent cloud cover). Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms (30% chance) between 1900-2300. CWR.................10 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................2 until 2300, then 1. Min temperature.....50-53. Max humidity........72-75 percent. Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5-10 mph becoming downslope/downvalley 3-5 mph after 2000. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Haines Index........4. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover). Showers and thunderstorms (20% chance) after 1200. CWR.................5 percent. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2. Max temperature.....76-79. Min humidity........30-33 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 3-5 mph becoming west 4-9 mph after 1200. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Clearing index......1000+. Haines Index........3. $$ Forecaster...Cunningham Requested by...Brock Tamowski Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415177.10/SLC .DELDT 06/06/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jared.peak@usda.gov