332  
FNUS75 KSLC 171204  
FWSSLC  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TRIAL LAKE DAM SAFETY INCIDENT 25...USBR  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
604 AM MDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 MDT ON JULY 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE  
TRIAL LAKE AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP  
IN THE VICINITY OF THE DAM THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE POTENTIAL  
PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. IF A STORM MOVES OVER THE DAM, IT  
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH A 20  
PERCENT CHANCE OF AMOUNTS OF 0.10 INCH OR MORE. MOISTURE WILL BE  
MORE PLENTIFUL FRIDAY, SO THERE IS A RELATIVELY HIGH CHANCE  
(50-60%) OF THE DAM SEEING AT LEAST SOME RAIN, WITH A 20-30  
PERCENT CHANCE OF SEEING A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN OR MORE.  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STEADILY DRY BEGINNING SATURDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN  
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD  
COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.28 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.  
MIN HUMIDITY........26-30 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.9 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-52.  
MAX HUMIDITY........56-60 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH SHIFTING TO  
THE SOUTH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN  
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD  
COVER). NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.45 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.  
MIN HUMIDITY........40-44 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH.  
 

 
FORECASTER...TRAPHAGAN  
REQUESTED BY...JEFF BEATY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2518128.1/SLC  
.DELDT 07/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JBEATY@USBR.GOV  
 
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