A timber, brush and grass fire began 10 miles north of Holbrook on August 11th. The fire burned 9,730 acres and caused no property damage.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A timber, brush and grass fire began 10 miles north of Holbrook on August 11th. The fire burned 9,730 acres and caused no property damage. It was considered 100 percent contained on August 25th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 2:12 AM MST, 9 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 312 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2007 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. DRY AND WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES TRACES OF MID AND UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGHLANDS THIS MORNING. WITH DAYTIME HEATING SOME SHALLOW STORMS MAY DEVELOP...SO HAVE INDICATED ISOLATED T-STORMS OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL FAVOR AREAS NEAR THE MONTANA BORDER. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY. BY MONDAY A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC AND A BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL BEGIN TO CHANNEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE TOWARD SOUTHEAST IDAHO. STORMS THAT DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL FAVOR AREAS ALONG THE UTAH AND WYOMING BORDERS. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THEN A TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION BY LATE WEEK. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ALONG WITH MONSOONAL MOISTURE COULD SUPPORT NOCTURNAL CONVECTION. CURRENT POP FORECAST MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED TO REFLECT THIS FACT AS MID WEEK DRAWS NEARER. CANTIN && .AVIATION...TRANSIENT UPPER RIDGE MOVING OVER SE ID TODAY WILL BRING A FEW HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS. A STRAY -TSRA OR TWO IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL MTNS AND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE RIDGES THIS AFTN BUT STORMS SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY IMPACT. CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION SAT NIGHT. WARANAUSKAS && .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS ON FRI NOW DOWNSTREAM IN MT. TRANSIENT UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER SE IDAHO TODAY KEEPING LOCAL AIRMASS QUITE DRY WITH BROAD AREA OF HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT EXPECTED ACROSS THE FIRE DISTRICT. HOWEVER...WITH THE RIDGES REDUCED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOWER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT...WATCH/WARNING WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 7 TO 10 DEG WARMER ON SAT. SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN RETURNS ON SUN AS LARGE UPPER TROUGH NEAR 135W DEEPENS. THIS WILL TIGHTEN GRADIENTS ALOFT...WHICH COUPLED WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL ALLOW INCREASING MID-LEVEL WINDS TO CHANNEL DOWN TO THE SURFACE. ALTHOUGH 06Z NAM BACKED OFF SLIGHTLY ON WINDS FOR SUN...FORECAST GUSTS REMAIN SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN POSTED FIRE WEATHER WATCH AT THIS TIME. FOLLOWING SHIFTS WILL RE-EVALUATE WATCH SITUATION WHEN MORNING DATA ARRIVES. FROM MONDAY ONWARD...MONSOONAL MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE DISTRICT RAISING HUMIDITIES AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY BY MIDWEEK. WARANAUSKAS && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR IDZ405>407-409>413. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 420 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-121200- 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- 420 AM MDT SAT AUG 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CUSTER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE COMMON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWARD OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .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.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A timber, brush and grass fire began 10 miles north of Holbrook on August 11th. The fire burned 9,730 acres and caused no property damage. It was considered 100 percent contained on August 25th.|
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