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Spot Forecast for Cottonwood 07232026...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1225 PM MDT Thu Jul 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 MDT on July 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Showers and thunderstorms are beginning to develop
across southern UT near the burn scar. Chances for precipitation
near and at the burn scar will continue increasing through the
afternoon hours to around 10-30%, favoring the eastern (Piute)
side this afternoon. Once again, precipitation chances will
continue decreasing following 9pm tonight with no precipitation
expected overnight. Precipitation chances increase to around
30-40% tomorrow afternoon, following a similar initiation time as
today.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (50-60 percent cloud cover).
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................15 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of lightning.32 percent.
Max temperature.....79-82.
Min humidity........42-45 percent.
Wind (20ft)........Southwest winds up to 4 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                   expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL (60-70th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 7 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........66-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds up to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 7 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud
                    cover). Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20-40 percent.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.
Max temperature.....80-83.
Min humidity........38-41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds up to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL (80-90th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Worster
Requested by...Brian Monroe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618056.0/SLC
.DELDT 07/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.monroe@usda.gov,brian_watts@firenet.gov