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Spot Forecast for Little Deer Creek...Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
501 AM MDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 MDT on June 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A strong cold front will move through the fire site
this afternoon, between 1300-1500. Before the arrival of the front,
winds will be primarily out of the southwest. The front will bring
an abrupt wind shift to the west-northwest along with gusty
winds. Wind speeds will top 45 mph on exposed ridgelines along
and behind the front and where winds and terrain favorably align.
Winds will then diminish as we approach midnight tonight and
become light and variable in valleys late tonight, while remaining
breezy NW on exposed ridgetops.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover).
                    Slight chance of rain showers late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....70-72.
Min humidity........26-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Through 0900, light and variable winds 3-7 mph.
                    On exposed ridgetops, southwest winds 10-20 mph.
                    After 0900, Southwest winds 3-10 mph with gusts to around
                    18 mph becoming west to northwest 15-19 mph with gusts to
                    around 28 mph. Wind shift is expected between 1300-1500.
                    Brief gusts to around 45 mph on exposed ridgetops and
                    where winds and terrain align after 1500.
Transport winds.....Southwest 17 to 25 mph.
Haines Index........4.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover).
                    Chance of rain showers early in the evening,
                    then slight chance of rain showers and snow
                    showers late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....32-34.
Max humidity........72-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12-18 mph with gusts to around
                    28 mph decreasing to 3-8 mph after 2400. Through
                    2100, northwest gusts 35-45 mph on exposed ridgetops
                    and where winds and terrain favorably align.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 25 mph becoming around 9 mph
                    overnight.
Haines Index........2.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....61-63.
Min humidity........19-21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable winds 2-9 mph becoming southwest 6-13
                    mph around 1400.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph becoming west around 10
                    mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4.

$$
Forecaster...ADeSmet
Requested by...Joshua Lambert
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416207.2/SLC
.DELDT 06/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joshua.lambert@usda.gov