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Spot Forecast for France Canyon Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
419 PM MDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on June 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Fire weather conditions decrease in intensity
tomorrow as a dry cold front moves into the area and flow becomes
lighter over the fire area. Southwesterly winds are anticipated in
the early morning, with ridgetop winds shifting to the northwest as
early as 0600. Early morning drainage flows are anticipated to
shift to a northwesterly flow around 0900 as the morning inversion
breaks. Though winds will be more tame than Monday, afternoon
wind gusts are expected to be in the 15-20 mph range out of the
northwest with occasional gusts of upwards of 25 mph on higher
exposure slopes and ridges. These winds combined with afternoon
humidity between 10 to 15 percent will create elevated to near
critical fire weather conditions. Improvements to overnight
humidity recovery are expected into Wednesday, but only by about 5
percent. By Wednesday, winds relax and turn to a south to
southwest direction. That said, increasing temperatures and deeper
atmospheric mixing is anticipated Wednesday onward.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....76-79.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Ridges:  Northwest around 10 mph early in the
                             morning, becoming 12-16 mph with gusts
                             around 20 mph in the afternoon.
Valleys: Downslope/ downvalley winds 5-7 mph
                             early becoming northwest 5-8 mph after
                             0900. After 1100, northwest winds 7-11
                             mph with gusts to 15-20 mph.
Mixing height.......9900 ft AGL (70-80th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....55-57.
Max humidity........Around 20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5-10 mph on ridges. Downslope/
                    downvalley 4-7 mph in the lower elevations.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/ downvalley 3-5 mph becoming
                    south to southwest 5-10 mph with gusts around
                    15 mph after 1200.
Mixing height.......12300 ft AGL (90-95th Percentile).
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph becoming west in the
                    afternoon.


$$
Forecaster...Webber
Requested by...Richard Jaros
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2516017.1/SLC
.DELDT 06/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL richard.jaros@usda.gov