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Spot Forecast for Little Twist...Richfield Interagency Fire Center
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
637 PM MDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 MDT on June 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...STRONG, DRY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Clouds have generally departed the region this afternoon with
a mostly clear sky forecast tonight. A similar mostly sunny sky is forecast for
tomorrow with similar dry conditions to today. A 40% chance for less than 10%
RH is forecast. Winds are expected to begin increasing late morning with further
increases in the afternoon. As a result, stronger upslope/upvalley winds are
forecast for Sunday afternoon with gusts near 35 mph in the afternoon and
early evening hours. Looking ahead, a strong dry cold front remains in the forecast
for Monday which will abruptly shift wind directions with continued gusty
conditions.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....55-57.
Max humidity........23-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Becoming downslope/downvalley 8 to 13 mph.
                    Gusts up to around 30 mph at ridgetops. Winds decreasing
                    after 2200 hrs 5 to 8 mph.
Transport winds.....Southwest 13 to 22 mph.
Haines Index........6.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....78 to 81.
Min humidity........10-14 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 3-8 mph becoming upslope/
                    upvalley at 8 to 16 mph between 0900-1100. Increasing 10 to 20 mph
                    with gusts to 25 mph after 1100 hrs.  At ridgetop level, gusts to
                    35 mph are forecast in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph becoming around 28 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Haines Index........6.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....54-56.
Max humidity........23-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds upslope/upvalley at 15 to 22 mph early in the evening
                    becoming downslope/downvalley after 2200 hrs at 8 to 12 mph.
                    Gusts up to around 30 mph at ridgetops in the evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 29 mph becoming around 13 mph
                    overnight.
Haines Index........6.

$$
Forecaster...NDeSmet
Requested by...Rich Jaros
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2416142.1/SLC
.DELDT 06/15/24
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.EMAIL richard.jaros@usda.gov