The Howard wildfire begain on June 17th in the hills just to the southwest of the city of Pocatello. The 1,650 acre grass and brush fire was considered contained on June 21st.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
The Howard wildfire begain on June 17th in the hills just to the southwest of the city of Pocatello. The 1,650 acre grass and brush fire was considered contained on June 21st. No buildings or sturctures were damaged.
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 Jun 17, 2:38 AM MST, 9 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 338 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT. WV SHOWS ACTIVE PACIFIC SYSTEM DRIFTING EAST THROUGH IDAHO PANHANDLE INTO MONTANA. IR SAT IMAGERY SHOWS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS FCST AREA WITH AC BAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST CORNER AND A LITTLE MORE ACROSS LEMHI. WITH CLEAR SKIES UPSTREAM UNDER DRY SLOT...EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN BEHIND COLD FRONT THAT HAS PASSED THROUGH MUCH OF FCST AREA. BEST WINDS APPEAR TO BE THIS MORNING PER NUMERICAL GUIDANCE. HOWEVER...MODELS INDICATE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT THROUGH THE DAY DESPITE LOSS OF 700MB SUPPORT. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AND WILL LET DAY SHIFT CANCEL OR CONTINUE AS NEEDED. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. TEMPS TODAY SOME 15 DEGREES BELOW YESTERDAYS HIGHS...BUT WARM SLIGHTLY INTO MONDAY. DMH .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...STILL ON TRACK FOR WARM AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AS RIDGE CONTINUES TO RESIDE OVER THE WESTERN STATES. MADE MINOR CHANGES FOR MIDWEEK AS SOME INDICATION OF WEAK ENERGY AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WORKING THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WOULD MAINLY AFFECT CENTRAL MTNS. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED DRY STORM FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. KEYES && .FIRE WEATHER...WINDS TODAY WILL BE RATHER STRONG...PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY AND ACROSS RIDGETOP. A STRONG BUT DRY PACIFIC LOW WILL PUSH ACROSS THE EAST IDAHO FIRE DISTRICT TODAY. THE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY PASSED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DISTRICT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER TODAY. SINCE THE SYSTEM WAS DRY...ONLY SLIGHT MODERATION IN HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP CONDITIONS FROM REACHING CRITICAL THRESHOLDS DESPITE THE STRONG WINDS. GRADUALLY WARMING CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. DMH && .AVIATION...WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. EXCEPTIONS WOULD INCLUDE THE MOUNTAIN PORTION OF TWB RTE 340 FROM KIDA TO KSMN AND MOST OF TWB RTE 344 FROM KPHI TO KRKS...WHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE DAY MAY PRODUCE VERY LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY WITH WIDESPREAD WINDS AROUND 30 MPH TODAY. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ017-020-021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 535 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-181145- 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- 535 AM MDT SUN JUN 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG FRONT. SPEEDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE SNAKE RIVER. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MID MORNING TO EARLY EVENING FOR THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY. WINDS SHOULD DIE DOWN BY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WESTERN STATES...KEEPING EASTERN IDAHO WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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.
The Howard wildfire just to the southwest of the city of Pocatello began on June 17th and was contained on June 21st. The fire burned 1,650 acres of grass and brush in the hills just west of the city. No structures were damaged by the fire.
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