A 200 acre fire developed 11 miles northeast of Preston on June 22nd. It was human caused and was contained by by June 23rd.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 200 acre fire developed 11 miles northeast of Preston on June 22nd. It was human caused and was contained by by June 23rd.
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 22, 2:40 AM MST, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 340 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS MOVED EAST WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW TO DOMINATE WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM. WEAK WAVE HAS SPREAD SHOWERS TO THE OREGON AND IDAHO BORDER BUT MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD STAY WEST. DO HAVE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY RELEGATED TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. GENERALLY THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WARM PATTERN WITH PERSIST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. ONLY MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY AND SHOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST. WILL SEE UP VALLEY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GK .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER LOW PUSHES INLAND MONDAY AND DRIVES THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY WITH A COLD FRONT. SHOULD STAY VERY WARM THROUGH MONDAY WITH ABOUT A 10 DEGREE DROP TUESDAY POST COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. MODELS REMAIN FAIRLY DRY WITH THIS TROF AND DO NOT EXPECT MUCH PRECIPITATION THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS THE DRY TREND CONTINUES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD START TO MODERATE AGAIN BY THURSDAY TO ABOVE NORMAL CONDITIONS. GK && .AVIATION...MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC LOW WILL GRAZE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...BUT WEST AND NORTHWEST OF KSUN. SO FAR...SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT. RS && .FIRE WEATHER...A PRONOUNCED LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST NEAR 138W WILL MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. MOIST AND UNSTABLE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRAZE THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EACH DAY PROVIDING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. FURTHER EAST IN THE SNAKE PLAIN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS...DRY SOUTHERLY AIR WILL ADVANCE INTO IDAHO WITH 6 TO 14 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THE NEXT THREE DAYS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN JUST BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BETWEEN SCOUT MOUNTAIN AND MALAD MAY SEE WIND GUTS 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH SHOULD FUELS BECOME MORE CRITICAL. MONSOON MOISTURE STILL EXPECTED TO MAKE A BRIEF SURGE NORTH BETWEEN THE CARIBOU AND BRIDGER NATIONAL FOREST MONDAY...THEN GETS PUSHED EAST WITH THE LOW NEAR OREGON MOVING INLAND AND NORTHEAST. RS && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 407 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-231015- 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- 407 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 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.
A 200 acre fire developed 11 miles northeast of Preston on June 22nd. It was human caused and was contained by by June 23rd.
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