A 70 acre fire began at around 1240 pm MDT on the 23rd along interstate 15 in the Gibson Canal area just south of Blackfoot burning tall grass and sagebrush. No structures were damaged and the fire was contained by the 24th.
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A 70 acre fire began at around 1240 pm MDT on the 23rd along interstate 15 in the Gibson Canal area just south of Blackfoot burning tall grass and sagebrush. No structures were damaged and the fire was contained by the 24th.
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 23, 10:27 AM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID Issued by National Weather Service Boise ID 1127 AM MDT Wed Jul 23 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Dry weather expected today - Isolated shower/storm chances return Thursday through Sunday, mainly across higher elevations - Warming trend begins later this weekend and especially early next week && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... Issued at 121 AM MDT Wed Jul 23 2025 Early morning satellite imagery shows some mid/high clouds streaking across the region this morning but these are forecast to break up as we head into the mid-morning hours with skies expected to be mostly clear for much of the day today. The system that brought some slightly cooler temps and increased cloud cover is moving well to the northeast of the area today with high pressure building in from the south in its place. This should keep us mostly dry today as well as a touch warmer. Hi-res CAMs are basically void of any convection potential this afternoon. There is a very slight signal of perhaps a very isolated shower/storm across the Island Park region or maybe into the South Hills but this potential is running about 15 percent or less. H5 heights continue to slowly rise into the day Thursday with afternoon highs returning to their seasonal norms of right around 90 degrees for most lower elevations. Seeing a bit more of a signal in the hi-res models for some tstm potential Thursday afternoon, namely across the far southern portion of the forecast area close to the Utah border. Given low PWAT values, these will likely be mainly dry thunderstorms but will carry a lightning and gusty wind risk. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 121 AM MDT Wed Jul 23 2025 The extended portion of the forecast looks to be mainly dry aside from perhaps some high elevation showers/storms Friday and into the weekend as a few weak upper level impulses move through the SW flow aloft. Temps these days will run within a few degrees of seasonal norms but then trend well above normal beginning Monday and continuing into the middle part of next week as a strong area of high pressure builds over the central U.S. We will reside on the western of this but it looks to bring temps in to the mid to maybe upper 90s across the lower valleys of eastern Idaho as we get into early next week. As one might expect with such warm temperatures, precip chances look bleak. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 1127 AM MDT Wed Jul 23 2025 VFR conditions remain in place through Thursday. A few PM gusts may approach 20kts during peak heating, otherwise winds turn light and variable overnight into Thursday AM. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 70 acre fire began at around 1240 pm MDT on the 23rd along interstate 15 in the Gibson Canal area just south of Blackfoot burning tall grass and sagebrush. No structures were damaged and the fire was contained by the 24th.
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