A 385 acre fire developed just east of Dubois on June 21st. It was under control by the afternoon of June 22nd.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 385 acre fire developed just east of Dubois on June 21st. It was under control by the afternoon of June 22nd.
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 21, 1:19 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 219 PM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW AMPLIFYING OFF PACIFIC COAST AS ADVERTISED PER WV SAT IMAGERY. RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WITH LITTLE CLOUD COVER OVER EASTERN IDAHO PER VIS/IR IMAGERY. WEAK CU FIELD MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST IDAHO IS RESPONSE TO MINOR SHORTWAVE PUSHING NORTHEAST INTO RIDGE AXIS FROM NEVADA. SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PROGGED TO EJECT ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT/FRIDAY. ENOUGH ENERGY/MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT WEAK POPS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURFACE LOW PUSHES NORTH INTO THE REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE WITH INCREASED MID LEVEL SUPPORT. WINDS ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN SOUTHEAST CORNER SHOULD BE ELEVATED WITH SUPPORT FROM 30+KT 700MB WINDS. NEXT SHORTWAVE ARRIVES EARLY SATURDAY BUT WITH LESS MOISTURE AND WEAKER SURFACE SUPPORT. BY SUNDAY...MOISTURE PULLS NORTH THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN INTO NORTHERN UTAH THOUGH MODELS DIFFER IN PROGRESSION SPEED. HAVE MAINTAINED LOW END POPS MOST HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER LOW BEGINS TO EJECT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE INLAND PACNW LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ECMWF REMAINS SLOWEST MODEL KEEPING UPPER LOW NEAR WASHINGTON STATE LATE TUESDAY WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS KICK LOW FURTHER NORTHEAST BY THEN. EITHER WAY...BULK OF MOISTURE SHOULD REMAIN OUTSIDE OF EASTERN IDAHO FORECAST AREA. WILL MAINTAIN WEAK POPS THROUGH TUESDAY FOR UNCERTAINTY IN SYSTEM TRACK AND MOISTURE PLUMES. DMH && .AVIATION...WV IMAGERY SHOWING CYCLONIC ROTATION LIFTING TOWARDS THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS ROTATION WILL WEAKEN AS IT LIFTS ACROSS NEVADA AND CENTRAL IDAHO TOMORROW...BUT MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TOMORROW MORNING. MODELS ARE KEEPING THE ACTIVITY WEST OF KSUN AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED. HINSBERGER && .FIRE WEATHER...MODELS CONTINUING THE THEME OF AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH A DEEP TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND UPPER RIDGING BUILDING FROM THE GREAT PLAINS WELL INTO CANADA. INITIALLY...THIS WILL RESULT IN A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHEAST IDAHO. MODELS CONTINUE KEEPING WINDS JUST BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OVER THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN. BY SUNDAY...A MORE PRONOUNCED SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INTRODUCE OUR FIRST EXPOSURE TO MONSOONAL MOISTURE. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DRY THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING MAINLY OVER THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS MONDAY AFTERNOON. HINSBERGER && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 500 AM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-221100- 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- 500 AM MDT THU JUN 21 2012 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 385 acre fire developed just east of Dubois on June 21st. It was under control by the afternoon of June 22nd.
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