Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID
950
FNUS75 KPIH 030226
FWSPIH
Spot Forecast for Doublesprings...Salmon-Challis NF
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
826 PM MDT Wed Sep 2 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on September 02.
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 next two days will see more rain with a lower risk
of thunderstorms. This keeps temperatures cool and humidity high.
Temperatures get cold enough where snow will be seen at elevations
above 9400ft, but it should melt during the daylight hours. Breezy
to windy conditions continue. A break in precipitation develops
Saturday and Saturday night, with another round of rain and extremely
high elevation snow on Sunday.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny, by 1500 becoming mostly cloudy. A
20 percent chance of showers before 1200 and a
5 percent chance after. A slight chance of
thunderstorms after 1200. Gusts to 50 mph near
thundestorms.
CWR.................Before 1200: 8 percent. After 1200: Near zero.
Chance of thunder...Before 1200: Near zero. After 1200: 12 percent.
Max temperature.....8400ft elevation...50.
Min humidity........8400ft elevation...48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 10 to 16 mph gusts to 26 mph, by 1100
increasing to 14 to 24 mph gusts to 42 mph.
Mixing height.......Morning inversion top around 8200ft elevation.
Mixing height rising to 5800ft to 8500ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South southwest 14 mph, after inversion break
becoming southwest 26 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Extreme range: None to 0.08 of an inch.
Most likely range: None.
Snow level..........9500ft in the morning, rising to 10,400ft.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy, by 0100 becoming mostly cloudy. A 15
percent chance of showers before midnight
and a 45 percent chance after midnight. Near
zero chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................Before midnight: Near zero.
After midnight: 23 percent.
Chance of thunder...Near zero.
Min temperature.....8400ft elevation...46.
Max humidity........8400ft elevation...61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 18 to 24 mph gusts to 42 mph, by
2200 becoming southwest 8 to 16 mph gusts to
24 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion top around 9000ft elevation.
Transport winds.....South 10 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Extreme range: None to 0.48 of an inch.
Most likely range: Trace to 0.19 of an inch.
Snow level..........10,800ft, lowering to 9600ft.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy to cloudy. A 35 percent chance of
showers before 1200 and a 10 percent chance after.
A slight chance of thunderstorms after 1200. Gusts
to 55 mph near thunderstorms.
CWR.................Before 1200: 11 percent. After 1200: Near zero.
Chance of thunder...Before 1200: 5 percent. After 1200: 15 percent.
Max temperature.....8400ft elevation...52.
Min humidity........8400ft elevation...41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 2 to 6 mph, by 1000 becoming west 3 to 9 mph
gusts to 16 mph. By 1200 becoming southwest 10 to
18 mph gusts to 31 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 5900ft to 8600ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 mph, after inversion break south southwest
29 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Extreme range: None to 0.27 of an inch.
Most likely range: None to 0.06 of an inch.
Snow level..........9400ft in the morning, rising to 10,500ft.
$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Amelia Fass
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619475.25/PIH
.DELDT 09/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL micheal.stewart@usda.gov,dakota.cummins@usda.gov,nicolas.garcia-cid@usda.gov,idcic@firenet.gov,amelia.fass@usda.gov