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Spot Forecast for Wapiti summer homes piles...USFS
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
520 AM MST Wed Jan 21 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on January 21.
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...High pressure will dominate through most of the week
bringing overall light winds, dry conditions, and mostly clear skies.
The burn area will be impacted by the inversion caused by high
pressure.  Burn area looks to be above the inversion during the day,
which will bring temperatures in the low/mid 40s.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 39 to 43.
Min humidity........30 to 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 4 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........2700 ft increasing to 4100 ft in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 4 to 8.
Max humidity........90 to 94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........2800-3500 ft.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 38 to 42.
Min humidity........32 to 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 4 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........2600 ft increasing to 4000 ft in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Wyatt
Requested by...FUELS TECH
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600184.1/PIH
.DELDT 01/21/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ralph.lamb@usda.gov,christopher.knight@usda.gov,hiram.rooper@usda.gov