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Spot Forecast for Rice...South Idaho Dispatch
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
152 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on July 28.
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...Monsoon moisture will keep showers and thunderstorms
in play through Wednesday evening. Locally heavy downpours are possible
with storms this afternoon and again Wednesday, but should stay
under the threshold of 0.10" for wetting rainfall. There is a 70-90%
chance for wind gusts today of 35-55 mph and 50-80% for similar gusts
Wednesday. Humidity recovery will continue to be fair to poor at night,
with much hotter and very dry conditions starting Thursday.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly sunny. Scattered
                    showers and thunderstorms starting around 1400 MDT.
CWR.................25 percent.
Chance of thunder...25 percent.
Max temperature.....81-85.
Min humidity........22-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 3-8 mph with gusts to 15 mph through 0900 MDT.
                    Upslope 2-7 mph with gusts to 15 mph for the rest of the day.
Mixing height.......Rising to 10500-10900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5-10 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Up to 0.08 inches.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and
                    thunderstorms through 2200 MDT. Isolated
                    showers starting around 0400 MDT.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of thunder...25 percent.
Min temperature.....63-67.
Max humidity........32-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope 2-6 mph with gusts to 14 mph through
                    2000 MDT. Downslope 3-7 mph with gusts to
                    to 13 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 200-500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....West 5-10 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Trace-0.02 inches.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Areas of smoke. Isolated
                    showers through the day. Isolated thunderstorms
                    starting around 1300 MDT.
CWR.................20 percent.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....80-84.
Min humidity........26-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 3-7 mph with gusts to 13 mph through 1000 MDT.
                    Upslope 5-10 mph with gusts to 19 mph after 1000 MDT.
Mixing height.......Rising to 11700-12100 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5-10 mph becoming Southwest in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.05-0.10 inches.

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Forecaster...Keyes
Requested by...Dispatch
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/28/26
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.EMAIL idscc@firenet.gov,kacummins@blm.gov