A wildfire began July 4th southeast of Malta and eventually burned 73,000 acres of grass, brush and juniper and threatened homes and farms in the area. The fire was considered contained on July 25th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A wildfire began July 4th southeast of Malta and eventually burned 73,000 acres of grass, brush and juniper and threatened homes and farms in the area. The fire was considered contained on July 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 Jul 4, 1:09 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 209 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL LEAD TO RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AS THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND SLIDES EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST FORECAST MODELS ARE ATTEMPTING TO USHER SOME MONSOON- LIKE MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN STATES. BY FRIDAY THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND EASTERN OREGON. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THERE IS A WEAK DISTURBANCE TRACKING WEST/NORTHWESTWARD OFF THE MEXICAN WEST COAST. LIMITED MOISTURE IS APPARENT ALONG WITH THIS WAVE...AND IT APPEARS THIS DISTURBANCE IS THE WAVE EXPECTED TO USHER IN THE MONSOON-LIKE MOISTURE LATE FRIDAY. WITH CONVECTION CONSPICUOUSLY MISSING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST...AND ANY THAT HAS APPEARED SEEMS LOCKED OVER TERRAIN AND IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...BELIEVE MOISTURE MAY BE ON THE SLOW TO ARRIVE TIME-LINE. CANTIN .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD IDAHO ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEST-CHANCE DAY FOR CONVECTION. AGAIN...ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE LIMITED AND GENERALLY LOCKED ON LOCAL TERRAIN. IN RESPONSE TO THE DISTURBANCE THE RIDGE WILL FLATTEN SOMEWHAT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. CANTIN && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AND LITTLE WINDS AT TAF SITES. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER RIDGE STAYS OVER IDAHO THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH THE RIDGE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY LOW WITH VERY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE 10 PERCENT OR LESS RANGE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HAINES INDEXES SHOULD GO TO THE 6 RANGE BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. GENERALLY EXPECT DIURNAL SLOPE TYPE WINDS THROUGH FRIDAY. IN THE EXTENDED IT APPEARS IT WILL REMAIN DRY WITH LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 540 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-051200- 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- 540 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOWER VALLEY AREAS WILL RANGE FROM 90 TO 102F. .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 wildfire began July 4th southeast of Malta and eventually burned 73,000 acres of grass, brush and juniper and threatened homes and farms in the area. The fire was considered contained on July 25th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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