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Spot Forecast for Taylor Creek SAR...Zion National Park
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
455 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 MDT on September 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showers and thunderstorms will be isolated through
the late afternoon hours, trending more towards scattered coverage
by late evening and overnight. Briefly moderate rainfall will be
possible with the stronger showers. Flash flood risk is nonzero,
but will be low for that particular drainage. Within the canyon,
typical diurnal terrain-driven winds can be expected. Closer to
the ridgelines, southerly winds will transition to northeasterly
after 2000 this evening, increasing in speed overnight.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover).
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....73-75.
Min humidity........25-27 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Upslope/upvalley winds 4-8 mph.
                    Near ridgeline, south winds 5-10 mph with gusts
                    up to 16 mph.
                    Erratic winds with gusts to 35 mph near showers
                    and thunderstorms.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud
                    cover). Scattered rain showers and isolated
                    thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....44-47.
Max humidity........71-74 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Upslope/upvalley winds 3-7 mph becoming
                    downslope/downvalley 3-6 mph after 2000.
                    Near ridgeline, south winds 4-8 mph with gusts
                    up to 15 mph becoming north-northeast 6-12 mph
                    with gusts up to 20 mph after 2000.
                    Erratic winds with gusts to 35 mph near showers
                    and thunderstorms.

$$
Forecaster...Cheng
Requested by...Geoffrey Stroud-Settles
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2422810.0/SLC
.DELDT 09/20/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zion_dispatch@nps.gov