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Spot Forecast for Cedar city piles...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
916 AM MST Mon Jan 5 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 MST on January 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A somewhat active pattern will persist through the work
week. One impulse will continue to pass through the area through
mid Monday, with another then expected Thursday into early Friday.
Roughly 0.10" to 0.20" water (1" to 2" snow) is expected through
the remainder of this first system, with around 0.07" to 0.15"
water (0.7" to 1.5" snow) with the second. Currently the increase
in transport winds on Thursday seems to offer the best potential
for clearing index values in excess of 500, with Wednesday/Friday
currently forecast to fall just a bit short. After the second
system forecast models largely support a more stable, dry and mild
pattern returning. Minimal precipitation chances are noted Friday
onward into the start of the upcoming week, and in general the
drier than normal conditions and above normal temperatures are
continued favored in the 8 to 14 day range. These stable
conditions will also likely favor limited mixing depth and
transport winds, and in turn lowered clearing index values.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (60-70 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud
                    cover). Chance of snow late in the morning.
CWR.................40 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of lightning.5 percent.
Max temperature.....31-33.
Min humidity........65-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10-20 mph. Gusts to 25-35 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
   Climatology......20-30th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 25 mph.
Clearing index......550.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (25-35 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....16-18.
Max humidity........79-81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 3-7 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 12 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....35-37.
Min humidity........55-60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
   Climatology......20-30th Percentile.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
Clearing index......190.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy with slight chance of snow. Lows around 17. Highs
in the mid 30s. Southwest winds around 5-10 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Snow likely. Lows around 17. Highs in the mid 20s. West winds
around 7-15 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Slight chance of snow. Lows around 7. Highs in the
upper 20s. Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows around 11. Highs in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...
Clear. Lows around 16. Highs around 40.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY JANUARY 12 THROUGH SUNDAY JANUARY 18...
Temperature... Above Normal
Precipitation... Below Normal
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Forecaster...Warthen
Requested by...Bode Mecham
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2528270.0/SLC
.DELDT 01/05/26
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.EMAIL bode.mecham@usda.gov