Smoke Management Weather Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
152 FNUS75 KSLC 030903 SMFSLC Smoke Management Forecast National Weather Service Salt Lake City Utah 257 AM MDT Wed Sep 3 2025......Whitlam .DISCUSSION...While transport winds remain weak under high pressure today, deep mixing will allow for excellent clearing across the state today. More limited mixing on Thursday will cause a slight decrease in clearing, though values remain in the good to excellent categories areawide. Increasing southwesterly transport winds associated with a monsoon moisture push brings improvement in clearing areawide Friday into the weekend. A Graphical version of the clearing index is available at: https://www.weather.gov/slc/ClearingIndex * All heights are above sea level (ASL) unless noted otherwise * ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 1... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10600 Transport Winds............. N 9 Clearing Index.............. 930 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9200 Transport Winds............. SW 7 Clearing Index.............. 620 FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. SE 8 Clearing Index.............. 760 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6800 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 2... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10800 Transport Winds............. SW 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. SW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9400 Transport Winds............. S 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8800 Transport Winds............. SW 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 3... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8200 Transport Winds............. SW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8400 Transport Winds............. SW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6500 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6400 Transport Winds............. SW 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 4... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11400 Transport Winds............. N 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10900 Transport Winds............. NW 8 Clearing Index.............. 840 FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9500 Transport Winds............. E 9 Clearing Index.............. 810 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5400 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 770 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 5... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11000 Transport Winds............. N 9 Clearing Index.............. 990 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10700 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 930 FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9500 Transport Winds............. E 8 Clearing Index.............. 790 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6400 Transport Winds............. W 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 6... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11300 Transport Winds............. N 8 Clearing Index.............. 910 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11400 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9400 Transport Winds............. E 9 Clearing Index.............. 990 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5900 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 7... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10200 Transport Winds............. N 8 Clearing Index.............. 850 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10900 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8300 Transport Winds............. SW 9 Clearing Index.............. 840 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6900 Transport Winds............. SW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 8... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11100 Transport Winds............. N 9 Clearing Index.............. 970 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10700 Transport Winds............. SW 9 Clearing Index.............. 820 FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9700 Transport Winds............. S 9 Clearing Index.............. 850 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5900 Transport Winds............. SW 11 Clearing Index.............. 990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 9... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11600 Transport Winds............. N 8 Clearing Index.............. 860 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12500 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7700 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 830 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6000 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 990 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 10... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12100 Transport Winds............. NW 7 Clearing Index.............. 860 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10800 Transport Winds............. SW 8 Clearing Index.............. 890 FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8200 Transport Winds............. S 8 Clearing Index.............. 840 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6200 Transport Winds............. W 14 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 11... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11900 Transport Winds............. NW 7 Clearing Index.............. 880 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11400 Transport Winds............. W 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7300 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5300 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 970 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 12... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12000 Transport Winds............. W 7 Clearing Index.............. 850 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11000 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8100 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5200 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 800 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 13... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11500 Transport Winds............. W 8 Clearing Index.............. 990 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8800 Transport Winds............. SW 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7400 Transport Winds............. SW 8 Clearing Index.............. 990 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6600 Transport Winds............. W 14 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 14... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11600 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9800 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7800 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7100 Transport Winds............. W 17 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 15... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11700 Transport Winds............. W 9 Clearing Index.............. 960 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10400 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7700 Transport Winds............. S 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6100 Transport Winds............. W 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 16... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11000 Transport Winds............. NW 8 Clearing Index.............. 900 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9900 Transport Winds............. W 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ FRIDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7600 Transport Winds............. SW 9 Clearing Index.............. 970 SATURDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 5800 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ $$