A 12 acre wildfire started about 8 miles south of Pocatello on July 25th and was contained by fire crews on July 27th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A 12 acre wildfire started about 8 miles south of Pocatello on July 25th and was contained by fire crews on July 27th.
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 25, 12:51 PM MST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 151 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 .DISCUSSION...Flow aloft has shifted to southwest as expected across the area today. Shortwave slid across divide early today with second feature moving through panhandle early this afternoon per water vapor satellite imagery. Convection remains possible this afternoon mainly along Divide region, and have kept very weak PoP with mainly dry tstorm coverage across northern zones this afternoon and evening. Models continue trend of increasing chances across the same region Tuesday afternoon. Have increased PoP across the area to scattered coverage, with eye toward fire concerns. See discussion below. Another similar feature crosses region on Wednesday but so far trend has been to keep precipitation threat north of the state line. Remainder of forecast area remains hot and dry through the end of the work week. For the weekend, GFS and EC remain consistent with surge of monsoonal moisture north through the Great Basin into SE Idaho around four corners high ahead of trough moving through BC Canada into Alberta. Have nudged PoP grids up around climo across the region and expect those values to increase through the week if trend remains in place. DMH && .AVIATION...A weak wave over Northern Idaho will elevate winds very slightly this afternoon as well as bring isolated thunderstorms across the Eastern Central mountains and Island park region. Yet another wave will move through Tuesday bringing breezy winds as well as isolated to Scattered Thunderstorms for the Eastern Central Mountains and Island park region. Wyatt && .FIRE WEATHER...A weak wave over Northern Idaho will elevate winds very slightly this afternoon as well as bring isolated thunderstorms across the Eastern Central mountains and Island park region. Expect Isolated to Widely Scattered thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon into early evening for the Northern Central mountains and Upper Snake Highlands as a slightly stronger wave moves through. Have issued a Fire Weather Watch for thunderstorms for zones 475 and 476 and zone 411...north of the Falls river in the Caribou/Targhee National Forest. There is still some discrepancy between models on thunderstorm coverage for Tuesday. The Nam12 model still continues to show more thunderstorm coverage than the GFS model. Will let the Midnight shift make the final call on the need for a Red flag after the 00z model run comes in. A disturbance/wave passing over Southern Canada late Wednesday into Thursday will bring breezy to moderate winds again, mainly over the Central mountains and Snake river plain. However, these winds will be mostly below Red Flag criteria. For the weekend, models continue to show monsoon moisture moving Northward into our area ahead of a strong trough. The sub-tropical moisture will help bring isolated to scattered thunderstorms Saturday into Sunday as well as gusty winds particularly Sunday. The combination of thunderstorms and gusty winds will bring greater fire activity across the area. As models come in more agreement, we will narrow down the timing...location and intensity of impacts. Wyatt && .PIH Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. &&
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 12 acre wildfire started about 8 miles south of Pocatello on July 25th and was contained by fire crews on July 27th.
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