A brush fire began August 16th 5 miles northwest of Carey and grew to 650 acres. Farms and homes were threatened but no damages were reported.
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A brush fire began August 16th 5 miles northwest of Carey and grew to 650 acres. Farms and homes were threatened but no damages were reported. The wildfire was actively controlled on August 19th.
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 16, 1:38 AM MST, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 238 AM MDT Tue Aug 16 2022 .SHORT TERM...Today through Wednesday Night. With a ridge of high pressure centered over the Great Basin through the coming days, very dry conditions and above normal temperatures continue with widespread afternoon humidities less than 15 percent and high temperatures in the upper 80s to low 100s through Wednesday. With PWATs continuing to hover near than or less than 0.50 inches and SBCAPE around 500 J/kg in the mountains, afternoon cumulus clouds developing in an unstable atmosphere will have the chance to bring isolated virga and showers with less than a 10 percent chance for lightning along the Montana, Utah, and Wyoming border regions today and tomorrow. Given a well established very dry environment below these clouds, limited support exists for seeing precipitation impacts at the surface with best chances for any development again across the mountain ranges at elevation. Afternoon high temperatures in the upper 80s to low 100s are situated about 5 to 12 degrees above normal for this time of year with normal highs in the low to upper 80s across southeast Idaho. Potential record highs are possible for all climate sites with the current forecast exceeding records or being within a couple degrees. Heat Risk concerns will remain in the Moderate Risk category meaning those sensitive to the heat and especially those without effective cooling or adequate hydration will see continued impacts through Thursday ahead of monsoon moisture returning Friday which will help bring temperatures back to near normal to below normal levels. One aspect working in favor of keeping Heat Risk below a High Risk category will be overnight lows with clear skies overnight supporting effective radiative cooling as lows remain in the 30s and 40s in mountain valleys and 50s and 60s across all other lower elevations. Limited forcing mechanisms will keep winds light through Wednesday given the ridge centered directly overhead. Given very dry conditions across the western United States, fire activity has picked back up and with that comes increased smoke from regional wildfires especially those in the Central Mountains with the Salmon-Challis NF and Sawtooth NF reporting new fire starts in the region in addition to the larger burning fires. The latest HRRR Smoke guidance supports haze and patchy smoke developing in the Central Mountains and spreading out with less intensity across the Snake Plain and surrounding locales. Have included the mention of haze in the forecast for areas most likely to see near-surface impacts with haze aloft regionwide across all of southeast Idaho. .LONG TERM...Thursday through next Tuesday. Upper ridge axis will shift to the east on Thursday as a shortwave trough lifts into NV/OR. This may trigger some isolated convection in the Southern Highlands and the Central Mountains Thursday afternoon. Temperatures will climb to the mid 90s on Thursday as the ridge moves to the east. Some model guidance is indicating highs up to 100 degrees on Thursday, though cloud cover may keep us from getting that high. Winds also show signs of increasing on Thursday, particularly over the Eastern Magic Valley as it is more in proximity of the upper trough. As the trough slowly progresses into Idaho, slight chance PoPs will continue through Friday morning across the southwestern half of the forecast area. An isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out for Thursday night/Friday morning. Convection will become more widespread across southeast Idaho Friday afternoon. Cooler temperatures will be on the way Friday and through the weekend as we see higher humidity being driven into Idaho. Models this coming weekend offer some slightly different solutions with the GFS pushing a trough to our north, while the ECMWF maintains a weak upper low over UT and is the wetter of the two models. PWAT values Thursday will increase to 0.8" to 1.0", and increase on Friday to 1.0" to 1.1". That, along with a weak mid-level flow, will increase chances of period of heavy and prolonged rain over some areas. Localized flooding is possible. Hinsberger && .AVIATION...For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday. Today will be a continuation of dry and stable weather courtesy of strong upper-level high pressure. High-res models favor down- valley flow across the Snake Plain terminals today. Diurnal wind variations are expected at KSUN and KDIJ. All terminals will be staying VFR today. && .FIRE WEATHER... High pressure centered over the Great Basin will bring continued very hot and dry conditions across southeast Idaho with widespread critical afternoon humidities less than 15 percent and afternoon high temperatures running 5 to 12 degrees above normal in the upper 80s to low 100s. With PWATs continuing to hover near than or less than 0.50 inches and SBCAPE around 500 J/kg in the mountains, afternoon cumulus clouds developing in an unstable atmosphere will have the chance to bring isolated virga and showers with less than a 10 percent chance for lightning along the Montana, Utah, and Wyoming border regions today and tomorrow. Given a well established very dry environment below these clouds, limited support exists for seeing precipitation impacts at the surface with best chances for any development again across the mountain ranges at elevation. An upper level trough moving in across the northern Pacific will shift the ridge of high pressure further east which will gradually break down Thursday with increased winds nearing critical thresholds across the Snake Plain down towards the Utah and Nevada borders in addition to the best potential for isolated dry thunderstorms south of the Snake Plain given PWATs between 0.50 and 0.80 inches. As the monsoon moisture axis shifts overhead for Friday, significant improvements to humidities and increasing chances for isolated to scattered precipitation begin with support for widespread PWATs between 0.60 and 1.20 inches especially over the weekend. A series of upper level troughs carry the potential to extend this monsoon moisture push into the region into next week with the ECMWF supporting limited ridge development under the weight of these troughs moving in from the west. This is favorable for keeping temperatures near normal to below normal with precipitation potentially continuing through as late as next Thursday dependent on the timing and amplitude of these upper level features. The GFS in contrast shows very dry southwest flow from the Pacific returning as soon as Monday with zonal hot and dry flow returning to the region. Will continue to monitor these solutions over the coming days with continued increasing confidence surrounding monsoon moisture impacts beginning Friday through the weekend. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && www.weather.gov/Pocatello www.facebook.com/NWSPocatello www.twitter.com/NWSPocatello SHORT TERM...MacKay LONG TERM...Hinsberger AVIATION...Hinsberger FIRE WEATHER...MacKay/Hinsberger
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A brush fire began August 16th 5 miles northwest of Carey and grew to 650 acres. Farms and homes were threatened but no damages were reported. The wildfire was actively controlled on August 19th.
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