Lightning caused a 2,500 acre wildfire southwest of Rockland from September 13th through the 20th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Lightning caused a 2,500 acre wildfire southwest of Rockland from September 13th through the 20th.
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 Sep 13, 12:58 PM MST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 158 PM MDT MON SEP 13 2010 .SHORT TERM...A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TWO EMBEDDED WAVES CAN BE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...ONE CORRESPONDING TO CLOUD DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN STANLEY AND AND ISLAND PARK...THE OTHER JUST CROSSING NORTH OF THE NEVADA STATE LINE. MODEL LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP...ABOUT A8.5-9 C/KM AND AIR MASS HAS MODERATE VERTICAL SHEAR AND INVERTED-V PROFILE. THEREFORE WILL GIVE THIS WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE SOME CREDIT AND CONTINUE TO MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...SOME DRIER AIR IS WORKING THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS SO NOT A GOOD CHANCE OF ANY SHOWERS THIS EVENING IN THAT AREA. MAIN SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THROUGH SOUTHEAST IDAHO ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND FORCING IS OFF SET BY MORE CLOUD COVER AND INSTABILITY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TO A LITTLE PAST MIDNIGHT IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE .02 TO .04 INCH PRECIPITATION. HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN NAM GENERATING HALF INCH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN WASATCH MOUNTAINS...COULD BE SOME INSTABILITY PROBLEMS ORIGINATING OFF THE GREAT SALT LAKE. .LONG TERM...A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSES TO THE EAST. MODERATE RIDGING PREVAILS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WEDNESDAY IS THE COOLEST DAY WITH MID TO UPPER 70S IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...THEN INCHING UP THREE OR FOUR DEGREES THE END OF THE WEEK. BLOCKING RIDGE OVER ALASKA WILL PRESENT SOME TIMING ISSUES WITH THE LOW IN THE GULF MOVING INLAND. EXTENDED MODELS ATTEMPT TO BRING A PRETTY WET FLOW INLAND BY SUNDAY OR MONDAY...MOSTLY THE PAN HANDLE. IN THE MEANTIME...HAVE TRENDED FORECAST DRIER WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. RS && .AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AT ALL TAF SITES. AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL CAUSE MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON TUESDAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING....MAINLY 475...476 AND 477. A PACIFIC TROF WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST IDAHO ON TUESDAY AND EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EVENING ACROSS ALL ZONES. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 945 AM MDT MON SEP 13 2010 IDZ017>025-031-032-141545- 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- 945 AM MDT MON SEP 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF A DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN CHALLIS AND MONIDA PASS. THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO TUESDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .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.
Lightning caused a 2,500 acre wildfire southwest of Rockland from September 14th through the 20th. The fire was in open land with no structural or property damage reported.
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