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Spot Forecast for Ponderosa RX...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
824 PM MDT Thu Jun 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on June 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Fairly benign conditions are expected for Friday outside
of some gusty ridgetop winds in the morning. On Saturday, a shortwave
will track across the Northern Rockies, and this will increase the
westerly flow, leading to some gusty westerly winds. Looking ahead,
a very strong cold front will plow through the region on Monday, with
strong, gusty south to southwest winds ahead of it, followed by a
rapid transition to northwest winds behind it. Current timing has
the front moving through the area late Monday afternoon or evening.
The current forecast suggests a reasonable range for wind gusts is in
the 30-40 mph range out ahead of the front from late Monday morning
until the front arrives and forces a wind shift back to the northwest.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming mostly sunny (15-25 percent cloud
                    cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....81-83.
Min humidity........20-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 4-8 mph except south to
                    southeast 15-25 mph at ridgetop level. Then, winds
                    becoming west to northwest 8-16 mph between 1100
                    1200.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........5.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....54-56.
Max humidity........45-47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6-11 mph becoming downslope/downvalley
                    4-8 mph between 2100-2200.
Haines Index........5.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....77-79.
Min humidity........20-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 4-8 mph becoming west 5-11
                    mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........4.

$$
Forecaster...ADeSmet
Requested by...Gordon Kitzelman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/13/24
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.EMAIL garrett.pitsenbarger@usda.gov