Smoke Management Weather Forecast
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
Issued by NWS Salt Lake City, UT
231 FNUS75 KSLC 060815 SMFSLC Smoke Management Forecast National Weather Service Salt Lake City Utah 204 AM MDT Fri Jun 6 2025......Warthen .DISCUSSION...Broad low pressure trough and lingering moisture will result in one more unsettled day Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing late morning through the afternoon. With the unsettled conditions and flow aloft, mixing heights and transport winds will largely support excellent mixing. High pressure ridging starts to exert more influence Saturday, resulting in decreasing clearing index values, though forecast still currently supports fair to excellent clearing at the majority of area airsheds. Even with the drier and milder conditions as a reuslt of the ridging, mixing heights and transport winds Sunday into the upcoming week look to largely support excellent afternoon clearing values. A Graphical version of the clearing index is available at: https://www.weather.gov/slc/ClearingIndex * All heights are above sea level (ASL) unless noted otherwise * ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 1... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9900 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 940 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9700 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 840 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12100 Transport Winds............. N 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11700 Transport Winds............. W 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 2... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10300 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11000 Transport Winds............. W 7 Clearing Index.............. 780 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13200 Transport Winds............. N 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13600 Transport Winds............. W 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 3... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10400 Transport Winds............. W 9 Clearing Index.............. 860 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10500 Transport Winds............. W 7 Clearing Index.............. 750 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12700 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13500 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 4... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9500 Transport Winds............. W 9 Clearing Index.............. 930 TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8200 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 860 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9200 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 990 MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9800 Transport Winds............. S 8 Clearing Index.............. 750 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 5... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8900 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6900 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 930 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8600 Transport Winds............. W 10 Clearing Index.............. 880 MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. NE 8 Clearing Index.............. 750 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 6... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8500 Transport Winds............. W 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7900 Transport Winds............. W 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9500 Transport Winds............. NW 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 810 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 7... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 7800 Transport Winds............. W 19 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8000 Transport Winds............. W 19 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9500 Transport Winds............. NW 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10400 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 910 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 8... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 990 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10900 Transport Winds............. NW 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10000 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 870 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 9... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6100 Transport Winds............. W 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9100 Transport Winds............. W 14 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11300 Transport Winds............. NW 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10400 Transport Winds............. N 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 10... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9300 Transport Winds............. W 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10000 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11900 Transport Winds............. NW 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10400 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 11... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 6400 Transport Winds............. W 14 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9600 Transport Winds............. W 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 12100 Transport Winds............. NW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10300 Transport Winds............. N 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 12... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8900 Transport Winds............. W 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10100 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 800 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13000 Transport Winds............. NW 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11900 Transport Winds............. NW 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 13... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8500 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9900 Transport Winds............. NW 8 Clearing Index.............. 740 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11900 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11800 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 14... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11200 Transport Winds............. W 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11200 Transport Winds............. W 8 Clearing Index.............. 870 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13200 Transport Winds............. NW 14 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13100 Transport Winds............. NW 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 15... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10500 Transport Winds............. W 16 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10200 Transport Winds............. NW 9 Clearing Index.............. 890 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 13400 Transport Winds............. NW 10 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 14400 Transport Winds............. NW 13 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...AIR SHED 16... ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 8200 Transport Winds............. W 15 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ TOMORROW... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 9100 Transport Winds............. W 11 Clearing Index.............. 970 SUNDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 11400 Transport Winds............. NW 12 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ MONDAY... Afternoon Mixing Height..... 10800 Transport Winds............. NW 11 Clearing Index.............. 1000+ $$