Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs broken near Niter in Caribou County.
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Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs broken near Niter in Caribou County.
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NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:04 PM MST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 204 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 .DISCUSSION...SE Idaho under influence of weak southwest flow. Embedded shortwave moving through panhandle this afternoon helping to fire weak convection with a few lightning strikes across northern tier zones. Latest HRRR still in line with previous runs in extending convection into portions of Upper Snake Plain but remains the outlier with NAM/GFS/RAP decreasing convection as it moves off the central mtns into the plain. Convection decreases after sunset this evening with shortwave axis shifting east across the region and loss of diurnal mixing. Similar shortwave occurs on Wednesday but moisture remains limited on Idaho side of Continental Divide so have only cursory collaborative mention of thunderstorms along border Wednesday afternoon and evening. Remainder of work week remains dry and hot across SE Idaho. Models still in favor of monsoonal surge Saturday through Sunday and have kept precip chances limited to near climo through the weekend. Deeper trough drops into PacNW region Monday and Tuesday. Moisture remains in place for at least isolated thunderstorms each afternoon, but depending on speed and location of trough, could be focused mainly in eastern half of SE Idaho. DMH && .AVIATION...A wave/trough is moving through this afternoon bringing breezy winds as well as isolated to scattered thunderstorms for the Eastern Central Mountains and Island park region. Do not expect any thunderstorms at TAF sites...just an slight increase in winds in the afternoon continuing into the early evening. Wyatt && .FIRE WEATHER...A wave/trough is moving through this afternoon bringing breezy winds as well as isolated to scattered thunderstorms for the Eastern Central Mountains and Island Park region. All of this after a prolonged dry period. Thus...a Red Flag warning has been continued for fire zones 475 and 476 across the Central mountains and zone 411 encompassing mainly the Centennial Mountains extending from Monida pass eastward through Island Park. A weak ridge builds in overnight into Wednesday as the wave/trough exits. Another wave, though weaker, moves over Southwest Montana clipping our Island Park region bringing isolated showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon into the early evening. Expect breezy winds again with gusts near 20 mph. Expect dry...mostly Westerly...flow Thursday and Friday. Winds will become breezy again particularly Friday but look to remain just below Red Flag criteria. Saturday look for Southwest flow ahead of a moderate to strong Pacific trough. Winds will be near red flag criteria particularly in the Central Mountains on Saturday. In Southwest flow...models are still continuing to show monsoon moisture make it into our area bringing isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms particularly for our Southern areas late Saturday afternoon through the evening. Models are showing moderate to strong winds as well on Sunday as the trough moves over Northern Idaho. Though models still continue to differ...heightened fire activity is anticipated this weekend and continuing into the early part of next week. We will work out the details as that time frame draws near. Wyatt && .PIH Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Red Flag Warning until 10 PM MDT this evening for IDZ411-475-476. &&
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to 5 inch diameter tree limbs broken near Niter in Caribou County.
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