A wildfire south of Oakley and Goose Creek Reservoir grew rapidly to 578 acres before being controlled.
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A wildfire south of Oakley and Goose Creek Reservoir grew rapidly to 578 acres before being controlled.
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 8, 1:16 AM MST, 10 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 216 AM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday. A weak low pressure system passing through eastern Idaho will produce breezy conditions today, although below advisory levels. The system will pass far enough west that locations near the Montana and Wyoming borders may see an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. Breezy conditions continue into Wednesday as a larger low pressure system moves into the Pacific Northwest. This system will weaken as it moves through the area on Thursday. The central mountains will see the best chance for precipiation with 0.25 to 0.50 inches possible across northern Custer county. However the rest of central and eastern Idaho will see less than a tenth as the system falls apart resulting in scattered showers and thunderstorms for Thursday. Much colder air will accompany the system with highs expected to be about 20 degrees colder from Wednesday to Thursday. In fact, temps could be cold enough to support an inch or two of high elevation snow across the central mountains. Gusty conditions are likely for Thursday as well with wind advisories possible. 13 .LONG TERM...Friday through Monday. Thursday's system will quickly shift to the northeast escorted away by the upper level jet. In it's wake, southwest flow will re-develop through the bulk of the extended as east Idaho is caught between the cutoff upper-level low of the Washington coast and high pressure back into the central Rockies. Higher than average confidence in this pattern developing as the mean upper-level flow setup of the EPS/GEFS are in lockstep with each other and there is very little variance offered in the WPC Cluster Analysis tool through very early next week. What does this mean for upcoming weather and impacts? In short, hotter and drier conditions are expected to re-establish through eastern and central Idaho. Southwest flow will favor dry conditions through the Great Basin, pulling north into eastern Idaho. At the same time, we may see some impulses of moisture nosing in from the west that could fuel some diurnally driven showers or thunderstorms across the higher elevations, primarily in central Idaho. It should be noted that not only do high temperatures rebound to above normal over this weekend, several record high temperatures will be again threatened early next week. TAX && .AVIATION...VFR conditions expected to persist through the duration of TAF period and into Wednesday, but that doesn't mean quiet weather will persist. Starting to see moisture increase across the region and this could fuel additional showers or isolated thunderstorms near higher terrain Tuesday afternoon. Much of this activity is currently expected to stay north of SUN and DIJ, but there is a non-zero chance of a brief impact to those terminal. Additionally, we'll begin to see afternoon wind increases today, then again Wednesday into Thursday. Expecting some gusts in the 20- 30kt range for PIH, IDA, and DIJ today. Stronger wind will impact all terminals Weds and Thurs as surface flow increases ahead of a system expected to bring showers and storms to the area Thursday. TAX && .FIRE WEATHER... Breezy conditions are likely over the next couple days with near critical level humidities likely as well. Fuels are marginal though, which is holding back any red flag headlines. A passing system will bring humidities up on Thursday and produce some rainfall for the Salmon-Challis, but the rest of the region is expected to receive less than a tenth of an inch. 13 && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire south of Oakley and Goose Creek Reservoir grew rapidly to 578 acres before being controlled. No structures were threatened.
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