A fire near Ballard and Hawthorne roads reached 150 feet of some houses but was extinguished before damaging any house. The fire was only one acre.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A fire near Ballard and Hawthorne roads reached 150 feet of some houses but was extinguished before damaging any house. The fire was only one acre.
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 Aug 1, 2:09 AM MST, 7 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 309 AM MDT MON AUG 1 2016 .SHORT TERM...Today through Wednesday. A few "overnight surprise" storms developed over the southeast corner but should be out of there by sunrise if not just after. Otherwise, expect a rather calm day across eastern Idaho except for some afternoon wind at 20-25 mph for many areas. Much of the central mountains will be dealing with smoke from the Pioneer Fire once again. The next storm crosses the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies tomorrow into Wednesday. This will draw in another surge of monsoon moisture Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Any real risk of showers and thunderstorms should remain southeast of a Shoshone to Monida Pass line, with the most likely scenario for storms being a more narrow corridor across the highlands from Burley to Driggs and adjacent lowlands. Expect little rainfall and gusty winds with these storms. Wednesday should be storm free, although a rogue storm could linger around Bear Lake and Driggs at sunrise. The other main issue will be the overall increase in wind Tuesday afternoon and evening across much of eastern Idaho. We should see wind gusts over much of the Snake Plain, central mountains and Upper Snake Highlands reaching 25-35 mph. The Arco Desert and ridgetops in these areas will likely see gusts of 35-45 mph. It looks like winds will be a bit lighter once you reach the southern and southeast highlands, but that doesn't account for thunderstorm gusts. The main impact from this, at least outside of the fire weather world will likely be more smoke in the central mountains and perhaps pockets of blowing dust. Winds let up a bit Tuesday night although gusty ridgetop winds are likely in some areas. Winds pick back up Wednesday, although not as strong. The Snake Plain will see the most wind with gusts of 25-35 mph. Temperatures will be very warm ahead of the front, with some spots trying to hit 100 due to downslope tomorrow. However, expect a 10-15 degree drop behind it. Keyes .LONG TERM...Thursday through Monday...Expect dry weather over the region for Thursday. A low pressure system will arrive for Friday. The associated front will interact with a push of monsoonal moisture to produce a few thunderstorms across the region. A lot of uncertainty in terms of the amount of qpf. Therefore the chances look more unimpressive than what coverage may actually be. The threat for storms continues into Saturday as the front moves through the region. By Sunday chances are mainly confined to the Central Mountains as the low moves overhead. Monday looks dry in the wake of the system. Valle && .AVIATION...Expect somewhat breezy conditions at IDA and PIH this afternoon. Otherwise continued dry weather with vfr conditions. Valle && .FIRE WEATHER...Today should be a less breezy day although many areas will hit 20-25 mph as we get some mixing this afternoon and early evening. We will be seeing Haines indices of 5 & 6 today as well. Tomorrow and tomorrow night will be pretty active for 2 reasons. The first is monsoon moisture surging north ahead of the next storm. Isolated, with a few pockets of scattered dry storms (less than 0.04 inches and gusty winds) are forecast southeast of a Shoshone to Monida Pass line. The most likely scenario could easily being a more concentrated area of storms across the highlands from Burley to Driggs, and lowlands immediately adjacent. Storms should be gone altogether by early Wednesday. Right now, we aren't looking at any Red Flag Warnings for Zones 413 and 427, but the day shift can look at that a bit more. Winds in these zones will also only peak at 20-25 mph outside of storms. It's a different story over the rest of central and eastern Idaho. Wind gusts will hit 25-35 mph with ridgetop winds closer to 45 mph with widespread humidity at 15% or less, and Haines of 5 or 6. We are hoisting a Fire Weather Watch for the rest of the fire zones tomorrow afternoon and evening due to these conditions. Winds die off Tuesday night although some ridgetops could still gusts over 25 mph. Winds return Wednesday but the strongest winds should be confined to the Snake Plain with gusts around 30 mph. The next storm coming for Friday and beyond looks to draw in another monsoon moisture surge for another round or 2 of thunderstorms. Any Red Flag Warnings beyond tomorrow evening will need to be evaluated later. Keyes && .PIH Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Fire Weather Watch from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening for IDZ410-411-422-425-475-476. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire near Ballard and Hawthorne roads reached 150 feet of some houses but was extinguished before damaging any house. The fire was only one acre.
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