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Spot Forecast for CottonWood 8/11-12...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
930 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 MDT on August 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Monsoonal moisture will remain in place across the
area, maintaining scattered showers and thunderstorms across the
area. Showers will become increasingly wet through Thursday.
Thunderstorms on Thursday have a potential to be stronger compared
to Wednesday, with greater potential for heavy rain, stronger
outflow winds, and potentially some small hail, aided by a weather
disturbance ejecting across the area. Outside of showers and
thunderstorms, expect winds to maintain a typical terrain-based
diurnal trend, with winds on Thursday a bit stronger than
Wednesday. Temperatures will see a downward day-to-day trend, with
rising humidities.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (55-65 percent cloud cover).
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the morning, then chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................35 percent.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Chance of lightning.50 percent.
Max temperature.....59-62.
Min humidity........61-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 2 to 6 mph becoming
                    west-southwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
                    20 mph after 1100. Erratic winds with gusts to
                    around 40 mph expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......7300 ft AGL (60-70th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 12 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover). Rain
                    showers likely and chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening, then chance of rain showers
                    after 2200.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of lightning.35 percent.
Min temperature.....44-47.
Max humidity........96-99 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest winds 4 to 8 mph becoming
                    downslope/downvalley 3 to 6 mph after 2100.
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 12 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud cover). Slight
                    chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
                    then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................70 percent.
Chance of pcpn......80 percent.
Chance of lightning.55 percent.
Max temperature.....53-56.
Min humidity........76-79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 2 to 5 mph becoming
                    southwest winds 7 to 13 mph with gusts to
                    around 25 mph after 1100. Erratic winds with
                    gusts to around 45 mph possible near
                    thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......5800 ft AGL (40-50th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 14 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Cheng
Requested by...Kendell White
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL kendellwhite39@gmail.com