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Spot Forecast for Signal Peak Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
445 AM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Temperatures will trend a bit warmer today while a
dry airmass remains in place. Expect southwesterly winds to
increase during the afternoon. Conditions will not be too
dissimilar for Wednesday. Thereafter, a pattern change is
expected, with cooler and wetter conditions Thursday through
Saturday. Over the burn area, precipitation is expected to fill in
Thursday night, with Friday likely being the wettest day, then
continuing through Saturday. Precipitation totals of 1-1.5 inches
of water equivalent are expected Thursday through Saturday,
corresponding to 5-10 inches of snow, mainly above 8500 feet.
Between 7500-8500 feet, generally 1-5 inches of snow can be
expected.


Excellent mixing is expected through Friday with clearing index
of 1000+. Mixing may decrease over the weekend, although clearing
index is expected to remain above 500.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....62-65.
Min humidity........20-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5-9 mph increasing to 11-17
                    mph with gusts to 28 mph after 1100.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........5.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....39-42.
Max humidity........41-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8-14 mph with gusts to 24 mph
                    decreasing to 4-8 mph after 2100.
Haines Index........5.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-120 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....60-63.
Min humidity........21-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 4-8 mph increasing to 10-16
                    mph with gusts to 26 mph after 1100.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........5.

$$
Forecaster...Cheng
Requested by...Kelly Cornwall
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/24
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.EMAIL kelly.cornwall@usda.gov