A fire began on September 4th in the Morgan's Bridge area of eastern Bingham County and reached 1,300 acres and was fully contained on September 6th. The fire threatened power lines but no homes or structures.
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A fire began on September 4th in the Morgan's Bridge area of eastern Bingham County and reached 1,300 acres and was fully contained on September 6th. The fire threatened power lines but no homes or structures.
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 Sep 4, 1:54 AM MST, 11 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 254 AM MDT Sun Sep 4 2022 .SHORT TERM...Today through Monday night. Concerns remain ongoing unseasonable warmth and gusty winds under slightly-flattened ridge from passage of dry shortwave trough Saturday. Temperatures down today some 3-5 degrees from yesterday's records, still well above normal for early September. Very dry air mass and clear skies continue to allow steep lapse rates, so mixing to above 10k feet expected to tap into mid level winds some 25-30kts for gust potential. The gusty winds and very dry humidities lead to fire concerns; see discussion below. Otherwise, strong high pressure remains anchored over the Great Basin, and forecast highs remain 95+ through the short term for most lower elevation communities. Triple digit highs are not favored, though approached, with probabilities holding in single digits for our typically warmest locales for both today and Labor Day. Heat Advisories will remain in effect, especially with an eye toward midweek as temperatures rebound again. DMH .LONG TERM...Tuesday through next Sunday. Broad upper level ridging continues through midweek next week as a region of high pressure centered over Utah brings continued well above normal temperatures past Labor Day. Afternoon highs Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the low 90s to 105 with Heat Risk concerns extending through Wednesday. The current Heat Advisory remains in effect through Tuesday night and will need to be expanded through Wednesday to capture this high confidence record heat wave across eastern Idaho. Wednesday will also be the warmest day next week with afternoon highs of 95 to 105 for all major population centers. Visitors and residents are encouraged to continue practicing heat safety to take advantage of this prolonged period of dry weather outdoors safely. Conditions begin to change for Thursday and Friday associated with a disturbance to the north helping to drive up winds and bring slight relief to these very warm conditions. Ensemble clusters continue to increase in confidence surrounding for an upper level trough passing through northern Idaho and Montana late in the day on Thursday into Friday as a mostly dry cold front here across southern Idaho. Winds will increase up to around 25 to 45 mph with isolated precipitation chances around the Island Park Basin and Continental Divide. High temperatures Thursday will see some relief ahead of the frontal passage with temperatures falling by around 5 to 10 degrees into the upper 80s and 90s. Behind the front, temperatures Friday through the weekend will continue to slowly fall as temperatures return to more near normal to slightly above conditions in the 70s and low 80s. Conditions will remain dry for Friday in between systems with the potential for active weather returning around that Sunday/Monday timeframe. The eastern Pacific tropical weather season has begun to pick up speed with a current named Tropical Storm Javier tracking out to sea with greater interest for our region in the disturbance developing behind it. The current location of this system is about 2,000 miles to our south with changes likely to the track of the storm, but with the current forecast showing this disturbance intensifying approaching southern California we could see moisture impacts as this storm weakens and precipitation impacts moves inland. The track for this moisture will be between a broad upper level trough over the Pacific and a departing upper level ridge to the east which will help to support and accentuate moisture reaching Idaho. This is represented in the forecast with widespread light POPs returning for Sunday into Monday all across the region. We will continue to monitor this storm as it tracks north with any moisture most certainly welcomed. MacKay && .AVIATION...For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Labor Day. Predominant VFR conditions continue through midweek next week underneath a ridge of high pressure centered over the Great Basin. A passing disturbance working through Montana today will elevate afternoon winds out of the W/SW between 10 to 20 kts with gusts of 20 to 30 kts for all terminals outside of KBYI where winds look to remain less than 15 to 20 kts. Winds will remain elevated through sunset dropping down below 12 kts for the overnight hours. Outside of patchy HZ/FU and FEW clouds above 25,000 feet, skies remain clear with hot and dry weather continuing. MacKay && .FIRE WEATHER...Winds will remain gusty today behind Saturday shortwave feature while humidities remain very dry under the influence of strong high pressure anchored across the Great Basin. The strongest winds are expected from the Northern Sawtooth into the entirety of the Snake River Plain and also including the Targhee NF. A Red Flag Warning remains in place for Idaho Fire Zones 422/425/410 and 411 today. The ridge axis strengthens for Tuesday/Wednesday, continuing the threat for unseasonably hot conditions and very dry humidities. Inversions, thermal belts and poor overnight recovery are expected to remain in place. There is increasing confidence in breakdown of the ridge by Thursday with a mostly dry frontal system driving through during the day. Details continue to fluctuate, but trend has been to limit precipitation to areas along the Divide. Gusty winds will return, but relief from the unseasonable heat is expected by the weekend with temperatures returning closer to seasonal normals. DMH && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until midnight MDT Tuesday night for IDZ051>059- 075. Red Flag Warning from noon today to 9 PM MDT this evening for IDZ410-411-422-425. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire began on September 4th in the Morgan's Bridge area of eastern Bingham County and reached 1,300 acres and was fully contained on September 6th. The fire threatened power lines but no homes or structures.
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