Lightning started an 8 thousand acre fire 11 miles west of Springfield on July 10th. The fire continued on open land and did not threaten any structures.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Lightning started an 8 thousand acre fire 11 miles west of Springfield on July 10th. The fire continued on open land and did not threaten any structures.
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 10, 1:12 PM MST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 212 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 .DISCUSSION...THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PERSIST THRU MOST OF THE FCST PERIOD...RESULTING IN WARM TEMPS. POCKETS OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR TSTMS EACH DAY...WITH THE MOST ACTIVITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DRY AIR AT THE LOWER LEVELS SUGSESTS GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR TSTMS. BY THURSDAY...THE RIDGE FLATTENS SOMEWHAT RESULTING IN MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL PUSH THE MONSOON MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...AS WELL AS THE RESULTING THUNDERSTORMS. AS AN UPPER CLOSED LOW MOVES INTO WESTERN WA ON FRI...THE UPPER FLOW OVER ID TURNS BACK TO THE SW. THIS WILL ALLOW MONSOON MOISTURE BACK INTO ID...THUS AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FRI THRU THE WEEKEND. THE INCREASED CLOUD COVER WILL BRING AFTERNOON TEMPS BACK TO NORMAL ON FRI AND SAT...OTHERWISE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL BE THE NORM. THE UPPER LOW WILL MIGRATE INTO BC BY MONDAY...WITH A WEAK SPLIT FLOW PATTERN SETTING UP OVER ID. THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON MON AND TUE. HEDGES && AVIATION...ANOTHER CONVECTIVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR EASTERN IDAHO. THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO DRY NATURE OF ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE SURFACE EXPECT GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 25 TO 50KTS FROM DRY MICROBURST WITH CONVECTIVE CELLS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY PRODUCE LIGHTNING OR NOT. THERE WILL BE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE CORE OF CONVECTIVE CELLS FROM RAINFALL AND BLOWING DUST. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY. PRESTON && .FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG HEADLINE IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM TODAY FOR FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE EAST IDAHO FIRE DISTRICT. STORMS ARE BUILDING IN THE ARCO DESERT AND ALONG THE UTAH/IDAHO BOARDER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. MOISTURE PROFILE SUPPORTS EARLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS TRANSITIONING TO A MIX OF DRY/WET STORMS AFTER 5 PM TODAY THOUGH ALL LIGHTNING IS A THREAT REGARDLESS OF STORM PRECIP GIVEN CRITICAL FUEL LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA. DRY/MIXED INVERTED-V SOUNDING SUPPORTIVE OF WIND GUSTS NEAR/AROUND 50 MPH. COULD SEE ANOTHER RED FLAG DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH CONTINUED SCATTERED OR BETTER THUNDERSTORM THREAT. FLOW AMPLIFIES INTO THE WEEKEND WITH UPPER LOW DROPPING INTO THE COAST AND RIDGE AXIS PUSHED SLIGHTLY EAST FRIDAY/SATURDAY. SLIGHTLY INLAND TRACK OF UPPER LOW SATURDAY COULD MEAN BREAKDOWN OF UPPER RIDGE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT AND INCREASED WINDS AND CONVECTIVE THREAT. DMH/PRESTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING BELOW 6000 FEET FOR IDZ413-476. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ410. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING BELOW 4500 FEET FOR IDZ409. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING BELOW 5500 FEET FOR IDZ412. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 509 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-111115- 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- 509 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER MOST OF EASTERN IDAHO. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. HIGHER THAN NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 100 DEGREES IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TOR PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. ...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN...THROUGH THE COMING WEEK. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 DEGREES. .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 started an 8 thousand acre fire 11 miles west of Springfield on July 10th. The fire continued on open land and did not threaten any structures.
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