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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
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040 FNUS75 KSLC 242013 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Little Twist...Richfield Interagency Fire Center National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 213 PM MDT Mon Jun 24 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on June 24. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...Moisture will linger over the fire area through the next several days, bringing a chance for showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours. Any shower development is expected to begin after about 1200 on Tuesday, persisting into the overnight hours. Chances for showers and thunderstorms over the fire will be highest between about 1400 and 1900, with lower chances through the overnight hours. Passing storms are not expected to produce much in the way of precipitation and will bring the threat of gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 30 mph. Winds will be generally light and terrain driven during the day on Tuesday. Southwest flow increases on Wednesday, bringing gusts of upwards of 20-25 mph through aligned drainages and exposed slopes, and gusts of up to 30 mph on higher elevation ridges. Higher humidity will spread over all elevations of the fire during the afternoon. Wednesday will feature another day of showers and thunderstorm potential, with higher chances (but still low) of seeing wetting rains over the burn. Showers and thunderstorms remain possible through Thursday, with conditions drying out heading into the weekend. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent cloud cover) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover). Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, mainly after 1200-1300. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......30 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2 until 1500, then 4. Max temperature.....84-86 for the lower elevations, around 70 for the higher ridges. Min humidity........25-28 percent for the lower elevations. 30-35 percent for the higher ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley 4-7 mph in the morning, becoming upslope/ upvalley 5-8 mph after 1000. Ridgetop winds west to southwest 7-10 mph with gusts to around 15 mph. Gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 30 mph possible at all elevations with passing showers and thunderstorms. Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph. Haines Index........4. .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms through the overnight period. CWR.................15 percent. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................2. Min temperature.....63-65. Max humidity........55-65 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/ upvalley winds 4-8 mph becoming downslope/ downvalley 4-7 mph after sunset. Ridgetop winds south to southwest 5-8 mph. Gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 30 mph possible at all elevations with passing showers and thunderstorms. Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph becoming southeast around 8 mph overnight. Haines Index........4. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent cloud cover) then becoming partly cloudy (60-70 percent cloud cover). Slight chance of showers in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................30 percent. Chance of pcpn......50 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 80 for the lower elevations. 66-69 degrees for the higher ridges. Min humidity........34-37 percent for the lower elevations. 44-47 percent for the higher ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley 4-7 mph in the morning, becoming southwest 8-13 mph in the late morning with gusts to around 20-25 mph possible withing aligned drainages. On ridgetops, southwest winds 15-20 mph with gusts up to 25-30 mph on higher exposure areas in the late afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow winds in excess of 35 mph possible at all elevations with `passing showersand thunderstorms. Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 18 mph. Haines Index........3. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds around 7-13 mph with gusts to 15-25 mph on exposed slopes, drainages, and ridges. .FRIDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs around 80. Southwest winds around 5-10 mph with gusts up to 15-20 mph on exposed slopes, drainages, and ridges. .SATURDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 6-10 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the late afternoon on exposed slopes, drainages, and ridges. $$ Forecaster...Webber Requested by...Kim Soper Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416142.12/SLC .DELDT 06/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL soper_kim@yahoo.com