Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
162 FNUS75 KSLC 170933 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Little Twist Fire...USFS National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 333 AM MDT Wed Jul 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 17. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...High pressure continues to be the main story for the next five days for the Little Twist Wildfire. A slight decrease in humidities today will segue to an increase in mid-level moisture on Thursday. This will bring more widespread showers and thunderstorms and a higher threat of wetting rains. Expect daily showers and thunderstorms to continue through the weekend and into next week. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover). Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................20 percent. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. Max temperature.....73-80. Min humidity........19-28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming northwest 5-15 mph after 0900. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph. Haines Index........5. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent cloud cover). Isolated showers and thunderstorms until 2100. CWR.................5 percent. Chance of pcpn......20 percent. LAL.................2 until 2100, then 1. Min temperature.....55-64. Max humidity........36-44 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5-15 mph becoming downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph near sunset. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms until 2100. Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph becoming south around 6 mph overnight. Haines Index........5. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (90-100 percent cloud cover). Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................55 percent. Chance of pcpn......90 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 4. Max temperature.....70-77. Min humidity........25-35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming northwest 5-15 mph after 0900, northeast 5-15 mph after 1500. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 12 mph. Haines Index........4. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover). Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................30 percent. Chance of pcpn......70 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. Max temperature.....70-77. Min humidity........21-31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming northwest 5-15 mph after 0900. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....South around 5 mph shifting to northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........4. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover). Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................20 percent. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. Max temperature.....71-79. Min humidity........21-31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming northwest 5-15 mph after 0900. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to north around 10 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........5. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover) then becoming mostly cloudy (70-80 percent cloud cover). Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1200. CWR.................20 percent. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................1 until 1200, then 3. Max temperature.....71-79. Min humidity........20-30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley 2-5 mph becoming northwest 5-15 mph after 0900. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms after 1200. Transport winds.....East around 5 mph shifting to northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon. Haines Index........5. $$ Forecaster...Kruse Requested by...Bo Robb Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2417928.11/SLC .DELDT 07/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL bo.robb@usda.gov