567  
FNUS75 KSLC 171604  
FWSSLC  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BRYCE CANYON GEOLOGY FESTIVAL...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
1004 AM MDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 MDT ON JULY 17.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
A PUSH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN UTAH  
BEGINS TODAY, WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS  
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE GENERALLY  
LIGHT, SO STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY HAVE  
LITTLE MOVEMENT AND THEREFORE MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES  
UNDER STRONGER CELLS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE  
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS STORMS FIRST DEVELOP. THIS MONSOONAL  
MOISTURE WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THOUGH COVERAGE  
LOOKS LESSER AS GREATEST MOISTURE SURGES NORTH. HOWEVER, CHANCES  
FOR HEAVY RAIN IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING IN THE VICINITY OF THE  
EVENT WILL REMAIN.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN  
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD  
COVER). PATCHY SMOKE LATE IN THE MORNING.  
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS  
BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.60 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.  
MIN HUMIDITY........30-32 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHWEST WINDS 6-9 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8-10 MPH  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING WEST LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH  
POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN  
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD  
COVER). SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN ISOLATED RAIN  
SHOWERS THROUGH AROUND 2 AM.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.25 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.  
MAX HUMIDITY........84-86 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTH WINDS 8-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH  
IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  
   
FRIDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT CLOUD COVER) THEN  
BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT CLOUD  
COVER). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE  
IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER NOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF LIGHTNING.50 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-11 MPH  
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
 
FORECASTER...WHITLAM  
REQUESTED BY...BJ CLUFF  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2518168.0/SLC  
.DELDT 07/17/25  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL BJ_CLUFF@NPS.GOV  
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