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FNUS75 KSLC 171016
FWSSLC
SPOT FORECAST FOR WILD HORSE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
416 AM MDT SUN MAY 17 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 MDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AN UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM DROPS INTO THE
GREAT BASIN TODAY, WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH
THROUGH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE BURN SITE, BUT BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD WITH
BETTER CHANCES TO BRING WETTING RAINS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS DROP TO AROUND 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT, THUS COULD SEE SOME SNOW MIXING IN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. MOST LIKELY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION AT THE SITE IS
0.30-0.50" BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY POST-
FRONTAL NORTHWESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AFTER
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF, WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH LATE
MORNING. AFTER A COLD MORNING BEHIND THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY, A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND PREVAILS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT CLOUD
COVER). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1600.
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5-7 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 7-17
MPH WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH MPH IN THE LATE
MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL (50-60TH PERCENTILE).
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 20
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT CLOUD COVER). RAIN SHOWERS
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER 2000, WITH SNOW
POTENTIALLY MIXING IN OVERNIGHT. RAIN/SNOW TAPERS
OFF BY 0400.
CWR.................85 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.7 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12-16 MPH WITH GUSTS 20-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 24 MPH.
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
CWR.................25 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.6 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 15-23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH BECOMING 9-11 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL (40-50TH PERCENTILE).
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 26 MPH.
FORECASTER...WHITLAM
REQUESTED BY...JERRAN ANDERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613722.2/SLC
.DELDT 05/17/26
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.EMAIL KDHUNT@BLM.GOV,UTRFC@FIRENET.GOV
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