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Spot Forecast for Buckley Draw...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
718 PM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 MDT on August 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A dry airmass is expected to settle into the region
this weekend. With this, near-zero chances for rainfall at the
fire are expected through the next few days. This dry trend will
also result in a gradual decrease of daytime humidities with
values in the upper teens expected by Sunday with poor overnight
recovery. Otherwise, generally near-normal temperatures with
winds following diurnal trends are expected for the remainder of
the forecast.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent cloud cover).
                    Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Patchy smoke through the
                    night.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.20 percent.
Min temperature.....56-60.
Max humidity........53-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope winds 3-6 mph in the late evening and overnight
                    Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph becoming east around 7
                    mph overnight.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover). Patchy smoke.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....72-76.
Min humidity........24-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope winds 4-6 mph becoming upslope 5-9
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
   Climatology......50-60th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph becoming north around 10
                    mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent cloud cover). Patchy
                    smoke in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........38-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5-7 mph becoming downslope 4-6 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 10 mph becoming east overnight.

$$
Forecaster...Worster
Requested by...Austin Lattin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520719.3/SLC
.DELDT 08/29/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL austin.lattin@usda.gov