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Spot Forecast for Sand Bench SAR...Zion National Park
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
131 PM MDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1400 MDT on July 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Scattered showers will increase in coverage through
the afternoon, with an increasing chance for thunder/lightning
after 1500 as the atmosphere destabilizes with the partly cloudy
skies observed on satellite currently. Showers will likely
continue through the evening (through at least 2100). Any
thunderstorm may be capable of producing gusty outflow winds up to
around 25-35 mph.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent cloud cover)
                    becoming mostly cloudy (65-75 percent cloud
                    cover) after 1500. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms through the day and likely through
                    the evening.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Chance of lightning.40 percent.
Max temperature.....98-101 along canyon floor, 82-85 in upper elevations.
Min humidity........17-20 percent along canyon floor, 21-24 in upper
                    elevations.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 9-14 mph with gusts to 20 mph.

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Forecaster...Cunningham
Requested by...Wineteer
Type of request...SAR
.TAG 2517139.0/SLC
.DELDT 07/02/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL zion_dispatch@nps.gov