An 88 acre wildfire began on June 23rd 11 miles east of Blackfoot. The fire was contained by the evening of June 24th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
An 88 acre wildfire began on June 23rd 11 miles east of Blackfoot. The fire was contained by the evening of June 24th.
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 23, 2:21 AM MST, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 321 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW SPINNING OFF THE OREGON COAST. FLOW PUSHING UP MAINLY DRY AIR AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. HAVE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ONLY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY...DRY SUNDAY AND MORE ISOLATED MOUNTAIN ACTIVITY MONDAY AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH PERHAPS SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE SNEAKING IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. SOME OF THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY MIX DOWN WITH AFTERNOON HEATING CAUSING LOCALLY BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND SNAKE PLAIN TODAY AND SUNDAY. GK .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. UPPER TROF PUSHES MOVES EAST AS UPPER MOVES INLAND AND THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH AND EXPECT MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINS THOUGH AND COOL DOWN SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED WITH A GOOD WARMING TREND BY LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. GK && .AVIATION...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS 15-20KTS TODAY AND 15-25KTS SUNDAY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN...SOUTH CENTRAL AND CARIBOU HIGHLANDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT NOT EXPECTED AT KSUN. RS && .FIRE WEATHER...PRONOUNCED LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION NEAR THE OREGON COAST REMAINS NEAR STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN MOVES INLAND THROUGH THE IDAHO PAN HANDLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TODAY AND SUNDAY HAS DECREASED WITH THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR TRACKING SOUTH TO NORTH ON THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. FOR THE UPPER SNAKE BLM...SOUTHERN SAWTOOTH AND CARIBOU FOREST AREAS...MODELS HAVE TRENDED DRIER WITH WIDESPREAD RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THE MODEL STRENGTH OF THE SOUTH WINDS SHOWS SOME VARIABILITY...MOSTLY 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND STRONGEST BETWEEN MALTA...HOLBROOK AND SOUTH POCATELLO. SUNDAY WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER...15 TO 25 MPH FROM ROCKLAND TO ISLAND PARK AND IN THE SALMON-CHALLIS...RIDGE TOPS AND SOUTH TO NORTH ORIENTED CANYONS. RS && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING IDZ410-412. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IDZ412. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 409 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 IDZ017-019>023-032-241015- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 409 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FROM 3 PM TO MIDNIGHT IN LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MAGIC VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PLEASE GO TO WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. PLEASE GO TO WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. .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. IDZ018-024-025-031-241015- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 409 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT 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.
An 88 acre wildfire began on June 23rd 11 miles east of Blackfoot. The fire was contained by the evening of June 24th.
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