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Spot Forecast for Rocky Canyon...NUIFC
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
726 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Warming and drying conditions will spread over the fire
area today as moisture decreases across the region. High
temperatures are expected to increase by 3 to 5 degrees as
compared to Friday, with relative humidity falling by 10 to 15
percent. While moisture will decrease across the region, isolated
showers and thunderstorms may still be present in the area during
the afternoon hours. Chances for showers and thunderstorms are
still very low (10 percent or less). Expect winds to be terrain
driven through the morning and early afternoon hours before
becoming more persistent out of the west. Sheltered east facing
terrain may still continue to see upslope flows through the
afternoon. Continued warming (T increase by 3 degrees) and drying
(humidity down 5 percent) is expected into Sunday with generally
light and terrain driven flows prevailing.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....Upper Elevations: 70-74
Lower Elevations: 76-79.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Terrain driven (upslope) 4-7 mph through
1400, then becoming west to west-southwest
5-10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph on higher
exposure slopes and ridges.
Mixing height.......8900 ft AGL (60-70th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....45-48.
Max humidity........Drainages: 85-100 percent.
Slopes and ridges: 70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Terrain driven (downslope) 4-8 mph.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph becoming southeast around 7
                    mph overnight.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....Upper Elevations: 72-76.
Lower Elevations: 79-82.
Min humidity........25-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Terrain driven (upslope) 5-8 mph, with gusts up to
15 mph on ridges and west facing slopes.
Mixing height.......10600 ft AGL (70-80th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southeast around 6 mph becoming southwest
                    around 10 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...Webber
Requested by...Morgan Mendenhall
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619568.3/SLC
.DELDT 08/14/26
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.EMAIL morganmendenhall@utah.gov