Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID
980
FNUS75 KPIH 041031
FWSPIH
Spot Forecast for Bear Lake West...FS-CTF
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
331 AM MST Thu Dec 4 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MST on December 04.
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...The burn is in an area that will be under a Winter Storm
Warning for heavy snow starting tonight. For tonight, expect 2 to 3
inches of snow, then Friday and Friday night another 6 to 9 inches
of new snowfall. Wind will also increase in the afternoon as the storm
approaches.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny with areas of fog below, by 1100 becoming
partly sunny. A 35 percent chance of snow after 1100.
CWR.................6 percent.
Chance of thunder...Zero.
Max temperature.....7100ft elevation...28.
Min humidity........7100ft elevation...74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 3 to 9 mph gusts to 12 mph, by 1500 becoming
west 6 to 12 mph gusts to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......No ground inversion. Mixing height rising from 900ft
to around 1300ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West southwest 7 mph becoming west 21 mph.
Snowfall amount.....Flurries to 0.4 of an inch.
Snow level..........Below ground level.
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Periods of snow.
CWR.................61 percent.
Chance of thunder...Zero.
Min temperature.....7100ft elevation...24.
Max humidity........7100ft elevation...Near 100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North 2 to 8 mph, by 2200 becoming west 8 to 14 mph
gusts to 22 mph. By midnight, wind becoming north again
at 2 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......No inversion. Lowering to 800ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West southwest 17 mph.
Snowfall amount.....2 to 3 inches.
(Liquid water content 0.10 to 0.20 of an inch).
Snow level..........Below ground level.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Snow.
CWR.................76 percent.
Chance of thunder...Near zero.
Max temperature.....7100ft elevation...33.
Min humidity........7100ft elevation...80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 11 to 19 mph gusts to 30 mph, by 0900 becoming
north 2 to 7 mph. By 1400 wind becoming west again
at 6 to 12 mph gusts to 18 mph. By 1700 wind increasing
to 20 to 30 mph gusts to 45 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 1900ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 mph.
Snowfall amount.....6 to 9 inches.
(Liquid water content 0.20 to 0.35 of an inch).
Snow level..........5100-5900ft.
$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Adam James
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 12/04/25
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.EMAIL adam.james@usda.gov