Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pocatello, ID

000 
WWUS85 KPIH 292202
RFWPIH

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
402 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

IDZ407-410-300300-
/O.CON.KPIH.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070630T0300Z/
EAST CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/NE PORTION UPPER SNAKE RIVER BLM-
402 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY PIVOT NORTHEAST INTO
ALBERTA BY THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM MDT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON THE LOWER
SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AND THE ARCO
DESERT AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER TEENS THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

$$

000 
WWUS85 KPIH 300214
RFWPIH

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
814 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

.

IDZ407-410-300315-
/O.CAN.KPIH.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070630T0300Z/
EAST CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/NE PORTION UPPER SNAKE RIVER BLM-
814 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IDAHO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELED THE RED
FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER FORECAST ZONES 407 AND 410.  WIND
GUSTS HAVE DECREASED BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS AND HUMIDITY HAS
INCREASED ABOVE HAZARDOUS LEVELS.

$$

MESSICK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
330 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLIDE EAST TODAY WITH A TROF PUSHING NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO CANADA.  THIS TROF WILL PUSH
THROUGH A WEAK COLD FRONT AND WE WELL SEE WINDS INCREASE TODAY
BEHIND THE FRONT.  WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR
AMERICAN FALLS FROM 1 PM THROUGH 9 PM AS THINK MAY SEE A COUPLE
HOURS OF 15 MPH WINDS.  A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR ZONE
407 AND 410 IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AS
WELL FOR WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.  OTHER THAN THE
INCREASED WINDS SHOULD BE DRY AGAIN WITH ONLY A MENTION OF ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONT IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT EXPECT DRY
CONDITIONS FOR THE MOST PART.  WILL REMAIN WARM AS WELL WITH VALLEY
TEMPERATURES INTO THE 90S AGAIN.  GENERAL DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
CONTINUES SATURDAY BEHIND FRONT WITH AGAIN ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOME MOUNTAINS WITH DRY WEATHER PERSISTING NEARLY
THE ENTIRE AREA.  WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER ON SATURDAY BEHIND FRONT
WITH WINDS CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE GRADIENT REMAINS
FAIRLY TIGHT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  SUNDAY WILL BE MORE OF THE SAME
WITH DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUING WITH MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
TO EAST OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO.
GK

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY WITH STRONG 500 MILLIBAR RIDGE
BUILDING IN BY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.  GENERALLY
THIS WILL CONTINUE THE DRY AND HOT WEATHER THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING
EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE REGION.  LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH
JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CHANCES IN MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
GK

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY AND GRADUALLY PIVOT NORTHEAST INTO ALBERTA BY
FRIDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
SALMON-CHALLIS NF AREA WHERE FUELS ARE LESS CRITICAL. THE STRENGTH
OF THE WINDS WILL BE MARGINAL IN THE NORTHERN SAWTOOTH NF AND WEST
SIDE OF THE ARCO DESERT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON THE LOWER
SLOPES AND VALLEYS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY AND IN THE LOWER
TEENS. ALSO HAVE A RECENT WILDFIRE SITUATION NEAR STANLEY. THEREFORE
A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED IN THOSE AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AN AGAIN ON
SATURDAY IN LEMHI COUNTY AND ALONG THE MONTANA BORDER. RS

&&

.AVIATION...A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH
OREGON AND THE IDAHO PAN HANDLE TODAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE KSMN AREA INCLUDING THE
NORTHWEST THIRD OF TWEB ROUTE 340 TODAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.
OTHERWISE DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. RS.

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR
IDZ021 FROM 1 PM THROUGH 9 PM.

RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 9 PM FOR IDZ407-410.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
433 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

IDZ017>025-031-032-301200-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
433 AM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST IDAHO TODAY.  WINDS
WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL BE MET IN SOME PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN.  A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR.  FOR THE LATEST
DETAILS ON THE RED FLAG WARNING AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY PLEASE GO TO
WWW.GOV.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.  THERE MAY
BE AREAS OF BREEZY AFTERNOON WIND CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.