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Spot Forecast for Buckley Draw...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
746 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 MDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Conditions remain mostly dry tonight as drier air
works into the region, keeping chances for showers and thunderstorms
through overnight capped at 10% or less. Another round of
afternoon showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop on
Friday, though coverage looks more isolated than previous days.
Any storms that develop in the vicinity of the fire will be
capable of producing brief heavy rainfall, lightning, and gusty
and erratic outflow winds to 40 mph. A downtrend is expected for
daytime humidity and overnight recoveries this weekend.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (60-70 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Min temperature.....56-58.
Max humidity........59-61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4-6 mph becoming northeast 3-5
                    mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph becoming northeast
                    around 8 mph overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover).
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    after 1300, with chances diminishing after
                    1800.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.15 percent.
Max temperature.....73-75.
Min humidity........32-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 3-5 mph becoming southwest 2-4 mph
                    late in the morning, then becoming west 4-7 mph
                    in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
   Climatology......40-50th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 7 mph becoming northwest
                    around 10 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Min temperature.....55-57.
Max humidity........51-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5-7 mph becoming east 4-6 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph becoming east around 8
                    mph overnight.

$$
Forecaster...Whitlam
Requested by...Austin Lattin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520719.2/SLC
.DELDT 08/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL austin.lattin@usda.gov