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Spot Forecast for FRANCE CANYON...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
614 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 MDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Monsoon moisture moving into the area will bring
increased coverage of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Gusty winds will be possible with any storms that develop, but the
storms will also have a chance of producing wetting rainfall. The
rather moist airmass will remain in place Friday with some drying
expected Saturday and Sunday. Outside of thunderstorms, winds will
be light and terrain driven with temperatures near normal for this
time of year.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (55-65 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud
                    cover).  Numerous showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................45 percent.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of lightning.55 percent.
Max temperature.....76-80.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/upvalley winds 3-7 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
   Climatology......60-70th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Northwest winds 8-12 mph

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud
                    cover). Scattered thunderstorms in the evening.
                    Scattered rain showers through the night.
                    Isolated thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Chance of lightning.26 percent.
Min temperature.....54-58.
Max humidity........82-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 3-7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest winds 5-10 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud
                    cover). Isolated rain showers in the morning.
                    Isolated thunderstorms late in the morning,
                    then numerous rain showers and scattered
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................35 percent.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of lightning.52 percent.
Max temperature.....74-78.
Min humidity........34-38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope/upvalley winds 3-7 mph Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
   Climatology......40-50th Percentile.
Transport winds.....West winds 5-10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Traphagan
Requested by...JEREMY GERBER (INCIDENT COMMANDER)
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517873.1/SLC
.DELDT 07/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL JEREMY.GERBER@USDA.GOV