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Spot Forecast for Buckley Draw...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
805 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2000 MDT on August 27.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Moisture will remain in place through Thursday, however,
overall coverage of showers and thunderstorms will be less than
what was seen on Wednesday. As overall coverage of storms will be
lower, the chances for wetting rains will also be much lower as
moisture gradually begins to wane. That said, if a stronger
thunderstorm moves over the fire area, wetting rains are likely to
be achieved. The most likely period to see these showers will be
from about 1200 through 2000. If no precipitation is observed over
the fire, the fire weather environment will continue to have
relatively high afternoon humidity values. However, with a drying
trend expected over the region through the latter half of the
week, afternoon minimum humidity will be upwards of 15 to 20
percent lower than Wednesday.

Aside from the moisture, winds will remain terrain driven barring
no outflows from area showers and thunderstorms. Ridgetop winds
will be favored out of the west to northwest direction through
Thursday afternoon, trending more toward a northwest to north
direction by Thursday evening.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (50-60 percent cloud cover).
                    Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms
                    early in the evening, then slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight.
CWR.................40 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of lightning.37 percent.
Min temperature.....6000ft: 54-57.
9000ft: 48-52.
Max humidity........6000ft: 70-75 percent.
9000ft: 75-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Slope: Downslope 4-7 mph.
Ridge: West to northwest 10-15 mph.
** Gusty and erratic outflows in excess of 25 mph
possible with nearby storms **
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph becoming north around 6 mph
                    overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover).
                    Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
                    Chance of rain showers through the day. Chance
                    of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of lightning.33 percent.
Max temperature.....6000ft: 69-73.
9000ft: 60-63.
Min humidity........6000ft: 38-43 percent.
9000ft: 45-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Slope: Upslope 5-8 mph w/ gusts to 15 on west
and north facing aspects.
Ridge: West to northwest 10-15 mph
** Gusty and erratic outflows in excess of 25 mph
possible with nearby storms **
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
   Climatology......30-40th Percentile.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph becoming northwest around 9
                    mph in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (55-65 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud
                    cover). Slight chance of thunderstorms early in
                    the evening. Slight chance of showers in the
                    evening.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.16 percent.
Min temperature.....6000ft: 56-60.
9000ft: 50-55.
Max humidity........6000ft: Around 60 percent.
9000ft: Around 55-60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Slope: Downslope 4-7 mph
Ridge: Northwest around 5 mph
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Webber
Requested by...Austin Lattin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520719.1/SLC
.DELDT 08/27/25
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.EMAIL austin.lattin@usda.gov