FNUS75 KSLC 042029 FWSSLC Spot Forecast for Cottonwood Fire...USFS National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT Issued by National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 229 PM MDT Tue Aug 4 2026 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 05. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... High pressure remains centered to our south as upper level flow remains generally west through northwesterly. The location of the high and flow will keep monsoonal moisture well to the south of the fire. High temperatures and dry conditions will continue heading for the rest of the week as the center of high pressure moves almost directly overhead. Generally light winds are expected through the period with occasional afternoon gusts of 15 to 20 mph. Heading into the weekend, moisture will slowly start to increase bringing increasing chances of shower or storm Saturday onwards. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (5-15 percent cloud cover). Patchy smoke early in the morning. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Max temperature.....91-94. Min humidity........12-15 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 3-6 mph becoming west 5-10 mph with gusts to around 16 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......11200 ft AGL (MISSING. Transport winds.....West 12 to 14 mph. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent cloud cover). Patchy smoke in the evening. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.0 percent. Min temperature.....61-64. Max humidity........50-53 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 3-8 mph becoming southeast 3-7 mph overnight. Mixing height.......11200 ft AGL decreasing to 600 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....West around 12 mph becoming south around 9 mph overnight. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (15-25 percent cloud cover). CWR.................0 percent. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Chance of lightning.4 percent. Max temperature.....92-95. Min humidity........15-18 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 2-7 mph becoming west 4-7 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL increasing to 13900 ft AGL in the afternoon (MISSING. Transport winds.....South around 8 mph becoming west around 9 mph in the afternoon. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 4 mph. .SATURDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 4 mph. .SUNDAY... Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around 5 mph. .MONDAY... Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. .TUESDAY... Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s. $$ Forecaster...Renwick Requested by...Brian Watts -PSCC Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2618959.0/SLC .DELDT 08/04/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL brian_watts@firenet.gov