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Spot Forecast for Sheep Station Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
218 PM MDT Tue Sep 22 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 MDT on September 23.
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...Overall high pressure with mostly clear skies and
overall light winds will be in place Wednesday into early
Thursday. High pressure starts to break down Thursday afternoon
into Friday with an approaching trough. Expect a diurnal wind shift
Wednesday night from around 9 pm to midnight turning more
northeast. Southerly winds will return Thursday from around 9am to
noon. Expect diurnal winds shifts Thursday night into Friday as
well. Friday afternoon southerly winds will increase with gusts
around 25 mph with the approaching trough. Winds may likely not
turn northeasterly Friday night into Saturday. The mostly dry
trough moves through on Saturday.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 39 to 43.
Max humidity........74 to 78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast around 4 to 8 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........11200-11300 ft.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70 to 74.
Min humidity........23 to 27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 4 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    south 5 to 10 mph with gusts of 15 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 9 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........10600-10700 ft.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy to Mostly Cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45 to 49.
Max humidity........54 to 58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 4 to 8 mph
                    overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........10900 ft.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 70 to 74.
Min humidity........28 to 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 6 mph shifting to the south 10
                    to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 13 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........10900 ft.

$$
Forecaster...Wyatt
Requested by...Matthew Halverson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2622240.1/PIH
.DELDT 09/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew.halverson@usda.gov,jarrod.zweigart@usda.gov