A 100 acre grass and timber fire 10 miles northeast of Swan Valley was started by lightning on the 19th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 100 acre grass and timber fire 10 miles northeast of Swan Valley was started by lightning on the 19th.
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 Jul 19, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 315 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007 .SHORT TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE AS SOUTHEAST IDAHO REMAINS IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN...STUCK BETWEEN BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES AND PERSISTENT LONG WAVE TROUGH THROUGH GULF OF ALASKA. WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF NEAR ID/OR/WA BORDER IS LIFTING INTO ID PANHANDLE WITH EXTREME SRN END JUST GRAZING PARTS OF CENTRAL MTNS. WITH CURRENT VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATING SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THERE...HAVE ADDED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO THIS AFTN/EVE GRIDS. UNFORTUNATELY...IMPRESSIVE STREAM OF MOISTURE MOVING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE PACIFIC TROUGH WILL NOT QUITE MAKE IT TO THE CWA...TURNING NORTH INTO WA/OR/ID PANHANDLE BEFORE IT CAN REACH US. THUS...LESS CHANCE OF CONVECTION FRI THRU SUN AS DRY AIR REINFORCES OVER CWA. THAT WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPS 8 TO 10 DEG ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. LATEST MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT ROCKIES UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY BACK TO THE WEST BEGINNING MONDAY...ALLOWING NEW SWATH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE TO PUSH OVER CWA. CENTRAL MTNS AND SRN HIGHLANDS SHOULD SEE CONVECTION EACH DAY FROM MON TO WED WITH SNAKE RIVER PLAIN FINALLY GETTING ITS CHANCE FOR PRECIP ON WED. TEMPS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL BUT ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER BRING AFTN HIGHS DOWN A FEW DEGREES. WARANAUSKAS && .FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN GENERALLY RUNNING AROUND 15 PERCENT. COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 25 MPH IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS HAVE RESULTED IN THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR 405/406/407/412/413. THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RECOVERING AFTERWORDS. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY. AM NOT QUITE AS CERTAIN AS TO RATHER OR NOT WIND VALUES WILL JUSTIFY A RED FLAG WARNING BUT AM CERTAIN OF THE LOW RH VALUES. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY...AM LEANING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND WILL ISSUE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY FOR THE SAME AREAS THAT WERE UNDER THE WARNING TODAY...405/406/407/412/413. EXPECT WINDS TO LET UP OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH MAY PROHIBIT ANY FIRE WEATHER WATCHES/WARNINGS. VALLE && .AVIATION...RELATIVELY CALM DAY FOR AVIATION WITH VFR CONDITIONS AREAWIDE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG TWB 344 WHERE THERE IS MORE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. WIND SHIFTS WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION HAVE BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR THE TAFS. KSUN IS REMAINING SOUTHERLY WHERE TOPOGRAPHY IS WINNING OUT. EXPECT WINDS TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING ONCE THE SUN SETS AND WIND BEHAVIOR TO BECOME MORE TERRAIN INDUCED OVERNIGHT. VFR SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME PRIMARILY SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ405>407-412- 413. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 530 AM MDT THU JUL 19 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-201130- 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- 530 AM MDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. SPEEDS EXCEEDING 25 MPH IN SOME AREAS...ALONG WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN/CARIBOU HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN IDAHO FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE WYOMING/IDAHO BORDERS MAINLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE WEATHER SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO REBUILD ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO...KEEPING THE AREA UNDER HOT AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. FRIDAY APPEARS MIGHT BE ANOTHER DAY FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO DUE TO GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK INTO EASTERN IDAHO FROM THE SOUTH. THIS WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST. .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 100 acre grass and timber fire 10 miles northeast of Swan Valley was started by lightning on the 19th.
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