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Spot Forecast for Loafer fire...Utah DNR
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
1015 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Monsoon moisture will linger across the area Monday
maintaining a slight chance for afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms at the site. Gusty outflow winds to 40 mph and
lightning can be expected with any storms which pass near the fire.
This moisture will keep daytime RH values elevated above 20 percent.
High pressure will keep winds generally terrain driven through
midday, with westerly winds mixing down during the afternoon hours.
A similar pattern will remain in place Tuesday with an additional
chance for afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud
                    cover). A slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Chance of lightning.15 percent.
Max temperature.....82-85.
Min humidity........22-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Terrain driven winds 3-7 mph becoming west 5-9
                    mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow
                    winds near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......11800 ft AGL (80-90th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent cloud cover). A
                    slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the evening.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of pcpn......15 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Min temperature.....54-58.
Max humidity........51-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 5-9 mph becoming southeast 3-7 mph after
                    2000. Gusty and erratic outflow winds near
                    thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph becoming southeast
                    overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud
                    cover). A slight chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of pcpn......15 percent.
Chance of lightning.10 percent.
Max temperature.....82-84.
Min humidity........22-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 3-6 mph becoming west 5-9 mph in
                    the afternoon. Gusty and erratic outflow
                    winds near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL increasing to 12500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon (80-90th Percentile).
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph becoming west around
                    10 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...Seaman
Requested by...August Foreman
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620356.0/SLC
.DELDT 08/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL augustforeman@utah.gov