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Spot Forecast for Little Dip...USFS

National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT

421 AM MST Thu Nov 5 2026



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0500 MST on November 05. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...A weak system is expected to push through the Great

Basin today, exiting the area by late evening tonight. Given

limited moisture, no rainfall/snowfall is expected at the burn

site today. Light winds will hold primarily out of the south 

ahead of a cold front, becoming light northwesterly following the 

passage of the cold front around 1500-1700. Overnight, winds will

remain terrain driven downslope with northwest winds prevailing

after sunrise on Friday. In the presence of a cool airmass,

temperatures will remain slightly below normal today before

warming up with stable conditions persisting through at least

Friday. 



.REST OF TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent cloud cover). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Min temperature.....22-24. 

Max humidity........100 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph. 

Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 



.TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent cloud cover) then 

                    becoming mostly cloudy (75-85 percent cloud 

                    cover). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Max temperature.....36-38. 

Min humidity........76-78 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........South winds 3 to 8 mph becoming west 3 to 5 mph 

                    late in the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL (30-40th Percentile). 

Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. 

Clearing index......280. 



.TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent cloud cover) then 

                    becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent cloud 

                    cover). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Min temperature.....23-25. 

Max humidity........100 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Downslope winds 2 to 5 mph. 

Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph. 



.FRIDAY...



Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent cloud cover). 

CWR.................0 percent. 

Chance of pcpn......0 percent. 

Chance of lightning.0 percent. 

Max temperature.....35-37. 

Min humidity........77-79 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 3 to 9 mph. 

Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL (20-30th Percentile). 

Transport winds.....North 9 to 12 mph. 

Clearing index......270. 



$$

Forecaster...Worster

Requested by...Chris Walker

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2625088.0/SLC

.DELDT 11/05/26

.FormatterVersion 2.0.0

.EMAIL jason.bullough@usda.gov,thomas.bolke@usda.gov,pang.boi@usda.gov,shane.mccormick@usda.gov