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Spot Forecast for Buckley Draw...USFS
National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT
247 PM MDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...As monsoonal moisture continues to increase across
the region, coverage of showers and thunderstorms will increase
each day this weekend and into next week. Relative humidity and chances
for wetting rains will increase accordingly. This weekend, winds
will be largely light and terrain-driven given high pressure
centered overhead. That said, brief periods of gusty and erratic
winds will still be possible Saturday afternoon with any showers,
particularly earlier in the day.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover) then
                    becoming partly cloudy (50-60 percent cloud
                    cover) after 1200. Chance of showers and
                    thunderstorms after 1200.
CWR.................20 percent after 1200.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent after 1200.
Chance of lightning.25 percent after 1200.
Max temperature.....88-91.
Min humidity........21-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downcanyon winds 5-10 mph becoming west/upcanyon
                    winds 10-15 mph after 1100. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL.
   Climatology......60-70th Percentile.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph becoming northwest around 10
                    mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (50-60 percent cloud cover). Slight
                    chance of thunderstorms before 2400. Chance of
                    showers through the night.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Chance of lightning.20 percent before 2400.
Min temperature.....63-66.
Max humidity........51-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West/upcanyon winds 5-10 mph becoming downcanyon
                    5-10 mph after 2000. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 9 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud cover).
                    Showers likely through the day. Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................40 percent.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Chance of lightning.35 percent after 1000.
Max temperature.....82-85.
Min humidity........32-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downcanyon winds 5-10 mph becoming west/upcanyon
                    8-12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL.
   Climatology......50-60th Percentile.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph becoming west in the
                    afternoon.

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Forecaster...Cunningham
Requested by...Sierra Sampson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520447.0/SLC
.DELDT 08/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL sierra.sampson@usda.gov