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Spot Forecast for Cat Canyon...FS-SCF
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
353 AM MDT Sat Jun 15 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on June 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (208) 232-9357, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...A cold front swept through central Idaho last night,
leaving a colder air mass and very windy conditions today. Wind
will decrease some on Sunday, but temperatures will actually trend
colder. The colder conditions will be matched by extremely dry air
so there will still be fairly low afternoon humidity for the next
two days. There will little rainfall until Monday. Monday
night and Tuesday of next week should see snowfall at incident
elevations.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny, except partly sunny with a slight
                     chance of showers 1000-1400 MDT.
CWR.................Near zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....8800ft elevation...55.
Min humidity........8800ft elevation...21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 6 to 11 mph gust to 17 mph, by 0800
                     becoming southwest 14 to 20 mph gusts to 34 mph.
                     By 1100 wind becoming southwest 20 to 25 mph gusts
                     to 48 mph.
Mixing height.......400ft AGL in the morning, rising to 6200ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West southwest 42 mph.
Haines Index........3.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........9700-10300 ft.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................Zero.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....8800ft elevation...29.
Max humidity........8800ft elevation...61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 20 to 25 mph gusts to 45 mph, by 2300
                     becoming northwest 10 to 18 mph gusts to 28 mph.
                     By 0100 wind becoming northwest 6 to 13 mph gusts
                     to 19 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion below incident elevation. Mixing height
                     lowering to 700ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Decreasing to west 12 mph.
Haines Index........2.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........No snow expected.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny, by 1200 becoming partly sunny.
CWR.................Zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....8800ft elevation...50.
Min humidity........8800ft elevation...18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West northwest 4 to 8 mph gusts to 12 mph, by
                     0900 becoming north northwest 2 to 8 mph gusts to
                     14 mph. By 1300 wind becoming west 10 to 20 mph gusts
                     to 38 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6500ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West southwest 23 mph.
Haines Index........4.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........No snow expected.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Matt Hinners
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 06/15/24
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.EMAIL matthew.hinners@usda.gov