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Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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715 FNUS75 KSLC 251952 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Little Twist...Richfield Interagency Fire Center National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 152 PM MDT Tue Jun 25 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on June 25. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Increasing moisture will spread over the fire area through the next 24 hours, bringing higher chances for showers and thunderstorms. The increased moisture will bring an overall higher chance for wetting rains and higher afternoon minimum humidity values. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will also bring the threat of gusty and erratic outflow winds and lightning over the fire. Chances for showers will exist over the area through the late evening hours, potentially maintaining a low chance for showers through the overnight hours. As such, humidity recoveries are expected to be good. Dry west to southwesterly flow will spread over the area through the day on Thursday. A chance for showers and thunderstorms will exist over the fire through the morning hours, with conditions drying as the day goes on. That said, a slight chance for showers and thunderstorms will exist in the afternoon on Thursday. Winds will increase out of a west to southwesterly direction, with peak gusts of 25-35 mph (higher end of gusts on upper elevation high exposure slopes and ridges). Hot, dry, and windy conditions will become more prevalent heading into the weekend, increasing the overall threat of critical fire weather conditions over the fire area. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud cover). Slight chance of showers early in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the morning, becoming increasingly probable through the afternoon. CWR.................35 percent. Chance of pcpn......20-30 percent before 1200, then 60 percent. LAL.................1 until 0900, then 2 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....(Down 4-5 degrees) 76-79 for the lower elevations. 66-70 for the upper elevations and ridges. Min humidity........(Up 15-20 percent) Around 40 percent for the lowerelevations. Around 50 percent for the upper elevations and ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley winds 4-7 mph becoming upslope/upvalley 7-10 mph through drainages after 0900. Gusts to around 20 mph possible in west to southwest aligned drainages. On ridges: West to southwest 6-12 mph in the morning, increasing to 12-16 mph with gusts around 20-25 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 30 mph possible with passing showers. Transport winds.....Southwest around 12 mph becoming west around 16 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........3. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud cover). Chance of showers and thunderstorms through about 0300. CWR.................15 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent until 0300, then 10 percent. LAL.................4 until 2400, then 2 until 0300, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 60 for the lower elevations. 53-56 for the upper elevations and ridges. Max humidity........65-75 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley 4-8 mph in the lower elevation drainages. At upper elevations and ridges: West to southwest 15-20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Gusty and erratic winds in excess of 30 mph possible near thunderstorms in the evening. Transport winds.....West to southwest around 15 mph. Haines Index........3. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover). Slight chance of showers in the morning, then chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent until 1200, then 15 percent. LAL.................3 until 1200, then 2. Max temperature.....(Little Change) 75-78 degrees for the lower elevations. 65-69 degrees for the upper elevations and ridges. Min humidity........(Down around 15 percent) 25-30 percent for the lower elevations 32-37 percent for the upper elevations and ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley 4-7 mph before 0800, becoming southwest 10-15 mph with gusts to around 20 mph through 1200. Winds increasing to 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30-35 mph on exposed ridges, slopes, and aligned drainages after about 1500. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest around 13 mph becoming west around 26 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........4. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 7-12 mph with gusts around 20 mph. Humidity trending down by another 10-15 percent. Minimum humidity around 15 percent in the lower elevations. .SATURDAY... Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 5-10 mph. Humidity lowering by another 1-2 percent. Minimum humidity in the lower elevations around 13-15 percent. .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 7-12 mph with gusts upwards of 25-30 mph. Humidity lowering by another 1-2 percent. Minimum humidity in the lower elevations around 12-14 percent. $$ Forecaster...Webber Requested by...Kim Soper Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416142.13/SLC .DELDT 06/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL soper_kim@yahoo.com