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Spot Forecast for Franklin Basin Pile Burn...Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
441 AM MST Fri Nov 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MST on November 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...A dry, mild and stable airmass will remain over the area
today. Mixing will remain limited which will keep the Clearing Index
well below 500. Temperatures will trend 3-5 degrees warmer this afternoon.
Southwest winds will increase late tonight through Saturday morning
ahead of an approaching cold front. This will result in excellent
mixing Saturday. Moisture will increase ahead of this front as well,
bringing a chance for snow showers Saturday morning and early afternoon.
The front will cross the area around 1500 switching winds to the west,
and bringing a round of snow Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.
Total snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches is expected before snow tapers
off Sunday morning.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover).
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....46-48.
Min humidity........33-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 4-9 mph.
Clearing index......90.
Haines Index........4.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud cover). Snow
                    likely early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 30.
Max humidity........43-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 3-8 mph increasing to 10-16 mph early
                    in the morning.
Haines Index........4.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud cover). A
                    chance of snow in the morning, then snow
                    becoming likely during the afternoon.
CWR.................50 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent in the morning increasing to 70%
                    after 1500.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....40-42.
Min humidity........43-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 14-18 mph becoming west late
                    in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph through
                    the day.
Clearing index......820.
Haines Index........4.

$$
Forecaster...Seaman
Requested by...Andrew Hatfield
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL stephen.hatfield@usda.gov