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Spot Forecast for East Bench Prescribed Fire...LOCAL FIRE AGCY
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
630 AM MDT Fri Apr 12 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on April 12.
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 moving in from the west will generate a
risk of thunderstorms for many areas close by, but the Pocatello area
has the lowest risk for thunderstorms today and tonight in eastern Idaho.
The biggest concern will be thunderstorm outflow from a distant storm.
Low pressure moving across the southern Great Basin will bring more
cloudiness and slightly cooler temperatures, but a bigger cool-down is
expected Sunday, along with windy to very windy conditions.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny, by 1500 becoming sunny.
CWR.................Near zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....5100ft elevation...72.
Min humidity........5100ft elevation...24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 13 to 21 mph gusts to 34 mph, by 1300 shifting
                     to south 13 to 21 mph gusts to 34 mph.
                     Eye level wind southeast 6 to 10 mph gusts to 25 mph,
                     shifting to south.
Mixing height.......Inversion this morning around 6400ft elevation. Mixing
                     height rising to 10500ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South southwest 24 mph by afternoon.
Haines Index........4.
Rainfall amount.....None.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................Near zero.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....5100ft elevation...47.
Max humidity........5100ft elevation...53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South southwest 7 to 13 mph gusts to 24 mph, by 2000
                     becoming southeast 7 to 15 mph gusts to 22 mph. By
                     midnight, 20ft wind becoming southeast 13 to 21 mph gusts
                     to 34 mph.
                     Eye level wind 3 to 6 mph gusts to 17 mph, by 2000
                     becoming southeast 3 to 8 mph gusts to 16 mph. By midnight
                     eye level wind becoming southeast 6 to 10 mph gusts to 25
                     mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion developing around 6500ft elevation.
Transport winds.....South southwest 21 mph.
Haines Index........5.
Rainfall amount.....None.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny, by 1400 becoming sunny.
CWR.................Zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....5100ft elevation...71.
Min humidity........5100ft elevation...21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 13 to 21 mph gusts to 34 mph, by 1200 becoming south
                     13 to 21 mph gusts to 37 mph.
                     Eye level wind 6 to 10 mph gusts to 25 mph, by 1200 shifting to
                     south.
Mixing height.......Rising to 9400ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 mph.
Haines Index........5.
Rainfall amount.....None.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Matt Hedrick
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410452.0/PIH
.DELDT 04/12/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mhedrick@pocatello.gov