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Spot Forecast for Cedar Cabin RX...USDA Forest service
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
557 AM MDT Wed May 13 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on May 13.
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.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Trough and associated cold front moving through today
will bring significant wind impacts to the burn area. Afternoon
southwest winds will reach 25 mph sustained with gusts to around 55
mph. While chance of thunder near the burn area is less than 20
percent, any thunderstorm outflows could easily exceed 65 mph.
Winds will weaken later evening and overnight but will be breezy
Thursday through the remainder of the week in a zonal flow pattern.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. 20 percent chance of rain in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...10 to 20 percent.
Max temperature.....57 to 61 degrees.
Min humidity........25 to 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. Southwest winds steadily increasing
through the afternoon to around 35 mph with
                    gusts to around 55 mph.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL increasing to 11200 ft AGL late in
                    the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 35 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........11400 ft.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 5 percent.
Min temperature.....30 to 34 degrees.
Max humidity........45 to 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. West winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts to
                    around 50 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph with
                    gusts 20 to 30 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 35 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........8000 ft decreasing to 6200 ft overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....47 to 51 degrees.
Min humidity........22 to 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around
35 mph.
Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 25 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........6200 ft increasing to 8300 ft in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Cropp
Requested by...Jace James
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613475.0/PIH
.DELDT 05/13/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jace.james@usda.gov