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Spot Forecast for Chessman Canyon Fire
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
530 AM MDT Fri Sep 20 2019

.DISCUSSION...A cooler but continued dry airmass will settle into
the area today behind a cold front. Winds will be more westerly
today, then turn more northwesterly tonight. Winds will be a bit
gusty this afternoon, but quite a bit weaker than yesterday, and
they will continue to trend even weaker on Saturday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent cloud cover).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....49-52.
Min humidity........26-29%.
Wind (20 ft)........West-southwest winds 6-12 mph becoming west
                    8-14 mph with gusts to 24 mph after noon.

Haines Index........3 ..very low.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent cloud cover).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....32-35.
Max humidity........48-51%.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6-12 mph becoming west-northwest
                    5-10 mph after 2100.
Haines Index........2 ..very low.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming sunny (15-25 percent cloud cover).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....51-54.
Min humidity........25-28%.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 4-8 mph increasing to 5-10 mph
                    with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 ..very low.

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Forecaster...Cheng
Requested by...Greg Bartin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 1915337.7/SLC