Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Pocatello, ID

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
854 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012


IDZ476-240400-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120724T0300Z/
LEMHI AND LOST RIVER RANGE/CHALLIS NF-
854 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 476...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 


$$

IDZ410-240400-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120724T0300Z/
UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY/IDAHO FALLS BLM-
854 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONE 410...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

$$

IDZ411-413-240400-
/O.EXP.KPIH.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120724T0300Z/
CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS AND SNAKE RIVER RANGE/TARGHEE NF-
CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF-
854 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE ZONES 411 AND 
413 BELOW 6000 FEET...

THE RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 


$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
222 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NEAR SEATTLE THIS
MORNING INTO CENTRAL ALBERTA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THIS EVENING.
MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO EASTERN IDAHO...WITH
THE MAIN SURGE BEING PUSHED TOWARD THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MOUNTAINS BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO FUEL
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS OVER ALL AREAS THROUGH NOON AND ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. THE
UPPER SNAKE PLAIN AS WELL AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS FARTHER EAST WILL
SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH STRONGER CELLS. WE WILL ALSO SEE WINDS
PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM
AREAS.

FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD
NORTHWARD ACROSS IDAHO. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO STEER SOMEWHAT DRIER
AIR INTO OUR AREA. ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY...ONLY EXPECT
ISOLATED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE RIDGE GETS SHUNTED
EASTWARD AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE ONCE
AGAIN SWINGS TOWARD THE WEST COAST. ANOTHER SURGE OF MONSOON
MOISTURE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO IDAHO WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE END OF THE WORKWEEK AND SATURDAY.
IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RETURN WITH THOSE
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE LATEST VERSIONS
OF THE ECMWF AND GFS WANT TO DRY THINGS OUT RATHER QUICKLY AS
DRIER AIR IS DRAWN INTO EASTERN IDAHO. THE FORECAST THIS MORNING
WILL TREND THAT WAY A BIT BUT NOT TOTALLY...LEAVING US WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS. VALLEY TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE 80S AND 90S THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH
THE WARMEST DAYS COMING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WHERE LOWEST
ELEVATIONS TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 90S.  KEYES

&&

.AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE EASTERN SNAKE PLAIN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. MAY INCLUDE
VCTS IN THOSE TAF SITES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH
LIGHT WINDS...EXCEPT AROUND THUNDERSTORMS WHERE LOCAL GUSTS TO 40
MPH ARE LIKELY.

VALLE

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. A WEAK
FRONT ALOFT WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER 410/411/413 WHERE A RED
FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS IS
EXPECTED ACROSS 476 THIS AFTERNOON WHERE ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING IS
IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY...WINDS
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER BEHIND THE FRONT AND ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MAINLY CONFINED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST IDAHO.

VALLE

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING BELOW
6000 FEET FOR IDZ411-413-476.

RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ410.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
327 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

IDZ017>025-031-032-240930-
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-
327 AM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH STORMS STAYING BELOW
SEVERE WEATHER LIMITS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP IN THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9PM FOR PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW 6000 FEET IN THE LEMHI AND LOST RIVER
RANGE OF THE SALMON/CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST DUE TO STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY. RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY
WINDS AND LIGHTNING EFFECT ARE IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9PM FOR
PORTIONS OF IDAHO FALLS BLM LAND AS WELL AS THE CARIBOU-TARGHEE
NATIONAL FOREST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MIDWEEK
AS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WORKS INTO EASTERN IDAHO. MORE WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS BACK EAST AND MONSOON MOISTURE SURGES
NORTHEASTWARD INTO OUR AREA.

.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.