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Spot Forecast for Ponderosa RX...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
422 AM MDT Sat Jun 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MDT on June 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Isolated high-based showers and thunderstorms will
present the threat of gusty and erratic microburst winds between
1200 and 2100 today. Expect minimum humidities 1-3% lower than
Friday. A weak cold front will cross the burn site Sunday morning,
right about the time the downslope/downvalley winds typically mix
out, bringing northwest flow and higher minimum humidities for
Sunday.

Another weak cold front will cross the burn site Monday
afternoon, with yet another weak cold front Tuesday. By Wednesday,
strong high pressure will build into the Great Basin, bringing
much hotter, drier conditions.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover).
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1200.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................1 until 1200, then 2.
Max temperature.....72-74.
Min humidity........22-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming west
                    to southwest 10 to 20 mph after 1000.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........5.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover).
                    Isolated showers and thunderstorms until 2100.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
LAL.................2 until 2100, then 1.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........51-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest 10-20 mph becoming
                    downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph near sunset.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms until 2100.
Haines Index........5.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........31-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming
                    northwest 5 to 15 mph after 1000.
Clearing index......1000+.
Haines Index........4.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
South winds around 4 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. North
winds around 4 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows around 50. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear with slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.

$$
Forecaster...Kruse
Requested by...Randy Danielson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415177.4/SLC
.DELDT 06/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jared.peak@usda.gov