An 89 acre grass fire occurred near Lake Wolcott and Rupert. No known cause was found and no structures were damaged.
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An 89 acre grass fire occurred near Lake Wolcott and Rupert. No known cause was found and no structures were damaged.
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 19, 2:50 AM MST, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 350 AM MDT Tue Jul 19 2022 .SHORT TERM...Today through Wednesday Night. Weak ridging has rebounded and will continue to build in over the next several days, resulting in predominately dry conditions. Only very slight chances exist across the southern extent of our CWA for isolated thunderstorms and showers this afternoon and evening. A more unstable and more favorable storm environment will remain further south, so confidence is low. High temperatures today will run a couple degrees cooler than yesterday across much of the region, with the Snake River Plain and Eastern Magic Valley reaching the mid-80s to low 90s and elsewhere seeing highs in the upper 70s and 80s. Tomorrow will be warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 5 degrees across the Snake River Plain and Eastern Magic Valley. This afternoon and evening will be breezy, with highest wind speeds forecast across the Snake Plain and Central Mtns. The ECMWF Extreme Forecast Index (EFI) has our region highlighted for elevated wind gusts today. Gusts are expected to max out at 25-30 mph and winds tomorrow are expected to be similar in speeds. Wind speeds will likely fall just shy of Red Flag Warning criteria and therefore we have held off on issuing any fire products (see Fire Weather discussion below). However, elevated winds will continue to filter in smoke from regional fires and smoke will likely be more visible across our region today, especially across the Snake River Plain. Cropp .LONG TERM...Thursday through next Tuesday. The long term begins with high pressure ridging firmly in place with the center of the high over the four corners region. We'll remain just on the northern periphery of the monsoonal moisture and can't rule out a shower or isolated thunderstorm in the Southeast Highlands Thursday afternoon. Another disturbance is poised to enter the coastal PacNW Friday and move inland into the weekend. Deterministic model and ensemble-based solutions seem well in-line with each other through Saturday, then the agreement breaks down with the GFS being an extreme outlier bringing in another deep low to the area early next week. Will keep an eye on this trend, but will favor the ensemble-based approach which has that initial wave of low pressure moving north of the area this weekend and then more zonal flow aloft into next week. The wave Friday into Saturday will bring only slight chance PoPs along our eastern zones each afternoon, but will result in stronger winds and drier air moving in. This will likely lead to the next impactful fire weather day with stronger surface flow and drier air mixing in (more details below). Temperatures will start out slightly above averages Thursday and Friday, but a brief respite will come with the passing trough Saturday. Temperatures will rebound to above average heading into early next week. TAX && .AVIATION...Ridging will continue to build over the region throughout the next several days. Mid to high FEW and SCT clouds will push further north into southern Idaho throughout the late morning and afternoon. Clouds will scatter out and begin exiting to the east after sunset, with clear skies expected by sunrise. Mostly clear skies will persist until Wednesday afternoon. Winds will be breezy today, elevating late morning through sunset, with sustained winds over 15 kts and gusts around 25 kts at KPIH and KIDA. Slightly weaker winds ranging 10-20 kts expected at all other sites. Low confidence in very slight chances of isolated thunderstorms across the southern extent of our CWA. The only terminal that would likely be impacted would be KBYI but have not forecast any weather at this time considering low confidence currently. Cropp && .FIRE WEATHER...Current mid-level water vapor imagery showing a vast expanse of very dry air north of a line from Boise to Pocatello. This dry air will be resident through northern portions of Fire Zones 410 and 422 through today as well as the entirety of Zones 475, 476, and 411 leading to very dry minimum relative humidity values. Expecting valley bottoms through Fire Zones 475 and 476 to drop into the 5-10% range including near the Moose Fire. Similarly, the lower Lost River Valleys out to the Arco Desert could also see humidity values near or just below 10% including the area near the Middle Fire. All Fire Zones are expected to be as dry and some even drier than Monday. The real difference from Monday will be the lack of very strong winds. Outside of a few high terrain locations and valley drainages, early morning observations indicate that winds have generally relaxed from Monday evening. A lingering moderately strong 700mb jet will weaken through the morning hours as it lifts northward from the Snake Plain through southern portions of Zones 475, 476 and 410. As we warm through the afternoon, some breezy conditions will likely occur, especially across the higher terrain in these zones and spilling out into the Arco Desert. In general, winds should remain below Red Flag Warning levels, but some locations will likely see gusts around 25 mph. We'll see humidity levels moderate modestly Wednesday and Thursday as the driest air gets deflected further north. Winds on these days will be quite similar to what we'll see today, with gusts topping out near 25 mph across higher terrain and in the Arco Desert. The next higher impact day looks to be shaping Friday as another weaker disturbance approaches from the west. Moisture will increase modestly ahead of this wave, but surface flow should markedly increase as well. TAX && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
An 89 acre grass fire occurred near Lake Wolcott and Rupert. No known cause was found and no structures were damaged.
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