A wildfire burning cottonwood stands and downed timber along the Big Wood River in Eccles Flying Hat Ranch detected around 2 pm MDT on July 5th. Air support was called in at the estimated cost of 25,000 dollars.
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A wildfire burning cottonwood stands and downed timber along the Big Wood River in Eccles Flying Hat Ranch detected around 2 pm MDT on July 5th. Air support was called in at the estimated cost of 25,000 dollars. 15 to 20 acres burned and was contained by July 7th.
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 5, 12:45 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 145 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 2023 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday night. A mostly dry and stable WNW flow was positioned over SE Idaho early this afternoon. Satellite imagery was showing some weak convective buildups in the wedge from Salmon to Lost Trail Pass to Monida where isolated thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon and early this evening. The models were showing short-wave energy rotating SSE into the region overnight and through the day Thursday which should serve to destabilize the atmosphere enough to support isolated to scattered thunderstorm development across the CNTRL mountains, Montana Divide region, and south-central mountains Thursday afternoon and evening. Light NE winds are anticipated within the Snake River Plain Thursday morning but should remain below Advisory conditions across American Falls Reservoir. By late Thursday night into Friday morning the NE winds look to be a little more enhanced with the potential for a lake wind event across American Falls through the morning hours. Daytime highs continue to gradually warm to climatological norms by Thursday. Huston .LONG TERM...Friday through next Wednesday. The long-term period of the forecast will be dominated by a warming trend under the nrn reaches of a ridge of high pressure anchored over Arizona and New Mexico. This setup will allow high temps to return to the 90s by Sun across the ern Magic Valley, Raft River region, and lower Snake Plain, with those readings expanding north/east to most lower- elevation population centers Mon/Tue. Shortwave disturbances riding over the ridge may still be able to generate isolated diurnally- driven showers/t-storms, especially Fri/Sat, and especially north of the Snake Plain, with those precip chances backing off slightly from Sun onward as the ridge amplifies northward a bit. Looking out toward Tue/Wed next week, all long-range models feature some version of a more prominent shortwave trough to our north trying to cut through/flatten the nrn extent of the ridge, but with differences in the details including timing and how close the feature might pass to our forecast area, thus confidence in meaningful changes to the overall pattern are low. This feature COULD at least increase regional winds, which would be a fire wx concern as finer fuels will have just endured multiple days of hot and dry conditions. 01 && .AVIATION...Forecast confidence is high in mostly sunny/clear, dry, VFR conditions at all southeast Idaho terminals today/tonight, with winds holding under 10kts. Beautiful conditions for aviation! Looking ahead to Thu, a trough dropping into the region will once again increase chances for at least isolated afternoon/eve t-storms, with the best chance at this juncture appearing to be KSUN and KDIJ. With the longer 30-hr TAF period, have introduced VCTS at KSUN so far. Winds will also become established more firmly out of the SW during the afternoon compared to today's more light/variable conditions. 01 && .FIRE WEATHER...The main story over the next week will be a warming/drying trend, supported by a ridge of high pressure anchored over Arizona and New Mexico which will amplify northward over the Great Basin and nrn Rockies with time. As 90s return to the forecast at lower elevations, sub-15-percent RH values will expand today/Thu into Zones 425/wrn 410, backing off briefly Fri/Sat to above 15 percent, then returning Sun and beyond expanding into portions of all zones Mon/Tue/Wed coincident with our warmest temps. Low coverage of critical fuels and fairly light winds will be limiting factors for securing a critical fire wx day. That mid-week shortwave trough mentioned in the long-term discussion above, however, may increase regional winds atop continued critical RH values, on the heels of multiple days of hot and dry conditions for most areas, depending on how close it tracks to our region. At this time, Tue/Wed bring our best chance of this combination, although confidence remains low this far out. Otherwise, the ridge will tend to suppress t-storms, with the best chance of at least isolated cells Thu/Fri/Sat afternoons, especially across Zones 475, 476, and 411. 01 && .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 burning cottonwood stands and downed timber along the Big Wood River in Eccles Flying Hat Ranch detected around 2 pm MDT on July 5th. Air support was called in at the estimated cost of 25,000 dollars. 15 to 20 acres burned and was contained by July 7th.
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