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Spot Forecast for South Canyon Ponderosa RX...BLM
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
444 AM MST Sat Nov 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0931 MST on November 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Dry and mild conditions will exist at the burn site
today ahead of an incoming system to our south with winds
increasing throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Increasing
moisture will raise daytime RH this afternoon and increase cloud
cover as well. Rain is expected to develop in the early to mid
evening at the burn site tonight along with strong winds and gusts.
On Sunday, rain chances and coverage continues to increase,
becoming a wintry mix in the early afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........34-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3-9 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
   Climatology......30-40th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 21 mph.
Clearing index......770.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (55-65 percent cloud cover).
                    Chance of rain early in the evening. Rain
                    likely overnight, then rain showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
CWR.................35 percent.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Min temperature.....33-35.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6-10 mph with gusts to around
                    18 mph becoming south 9-11 mph with gusts to
                    around 20 mph early in the morning. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 25 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent cloud cover). Rain
                    showers, snow showers and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms.
CWR.................85 percent.
Chance of pcpn......100 percent.
Max temperature.....45-47.
Min humidity........78-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 9-13 mph with gusts to around 20
                    mph becoming southwest 6-8 mph late in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
   Climatology......20-30th Percentile.
Transport winds.....South 22 to 24 mph.
Clearing index......1000+.

$$
Forecaster...Worster
Requested by...Zachary Kunz
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2525519.1/SLC
.DELDT 11/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zkunz@blm.gov