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Spot Forecast for Monte Cristo Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
942 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MDT on October 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Southwest winds will increase Sunday as a storm system
approaches from the west. The storm will only graze northern
Utah. While it will bring good clearing Sunday, there won`t be
much rain Sunday night into Monday. As the storm exits early
Monday, conditions will be cold enough for light snow
accumulation, likely a trace or less. The most likely water total
range is a trace-0.05", with only around a 15% chance for wetting
precipitation.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (0-10 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....47-49.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10-15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
   Climatology......20-30th Percentile.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 15 mph becoming around 31 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Clearing index......890.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover).
                    Chance of rain in the evening and overnight.
                    Chance of snow overnight.
CWR.................15 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........70-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 11-15 mph with gusts to around 24
                    mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 21 to 22 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Chance of lightning.0 percent.
Max temperature.....40-42.
Min humidity........40-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 8-12 mph with gusts to around 25
                    mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
   Climatology......20-30th Percentile.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 16 mph.
Clearing index......410.

$$
Forecaster...Wilson
Requested by...Brock Welte
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523748.0/SLC
.DELDT 10/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brock.welte@usda.gov,Garrett.pitsenbarger@usda.gov