Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
238 FNUS75 KSLC 042150 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Little Twist WF...USDA Forest Service National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 350 PM MDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on July 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...A slow warming trend will establish over the fire area heading into Friday, with temperatures warming 1-2 degrees each day through Sunday. Alongside slow warming, relative humidity will decrease gradually, bottoming out in the upper single digits in the lower elevations. This very dry environment will persist through both daytime and nighttime, with overnight recoveries only expected to rebound to upwards of 25 percent, providing minimal relief. This is expected to be the trend through the next 7 days or more as a long duration heatwave is expected to spread over Utah. Aside from the hot and dry conditions, winds will be generally light and terrain driven. Higher exposure north facing slopes may see wind gusts mirroring speeds on the higher elevation ridges (about 15 mph). .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Lower Elevations: 75-80. Upper Elevations: 66-71 Min humidity........Lower Elevations: 7-10 percent. Upper Elevations: 10-12 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Slopes/ Drainages: Upslope/ upvalley 5-8 mph on protected slopes. Upslope 7-11 mph with gusts up to 16 mph on slopes with northerly exposure. Ridges: North to northeast winds 10-15 mph. Transport winds.....North 10 to 15 mph. Haines Index........6. Mixing Height.......7,000-8,500ft .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Lower Elevations: 55-59 degrees. Upper Elevations: 50-55 degrees. Max humidity........15-25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Slopes/ Drainages: Downslope/ downvalley 4-8 mph. Ridges: North to northeast winds 7-12 mph. Transport winds.....North 9 to 15 mph. Haines Index........6. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Lower Elevations: 78-83 degrees. Upper Elevations: 68-73 degrees. Min humidity........Lower Elevations: 6-10 percent. Upper Elevations: 9-11 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Slopes/ Drainages: Upslope/ upvalley 5-8 mph. Upslope 7-11 mph with gusts up to 17 mph on slopes with northerly exposure. Ridges: Northwest winds 10-15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 18 mph. Haines Index........5. Mixing Height.......7,500-9,000ft .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid- to upper-50s. Highs in the mid-70s to upper-80s. Terrain driven flows 4-8 mph, with higher gusts on exposed slopes and drainages. Ridgetop winds around 15-25 mph. Poor relative humidity recoveries. .MONDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid- to upper-50s. Highs in the mid-70s to upper-80s. North winds around 6-11 mph. Poor relative humidity recoveries. .TUESDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper-50s to low-60s. Highs in the mid-70s to upper-80s. Northeast winds around 6 mph. Poor relative humidity recoveries. Terrain driven flows 5-8 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid-70s to near 90. Poor relative humidity recoveries. Terrain driven flows 5-8 mph .THURSDAY... Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the upper-70s to near 90. Terrain driven flows 5-10 mph. Poor relative humidity recoveries. $$ Forecaster...Webber Requested by...Cory Norman Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417335.4/SLC .DELDT 07/04/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL samuel.norman@usda.gov