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Spot Forecast for Alpine Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
535 AM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 MDT on April 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...A band of moisture will work its way northward
through Tuesday as an upper level trough moves into California,
but showers will remain south of the burn site. This trough will
continue to move eastward and bring some more active weather to the
area starting on Wednesday and lasting through the weekend.
Afternoon highs will begin to warm up today and tomorrow before a
cold front arrives late Wednesday and then highs drop almost
10 degrees from Wednesday to Thursday.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....32 to 37 degrees.
Max humidity........65 to 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East southeast around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Snow level..........Near 6000 ft decreasing to around 5500 ft
overnight.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny in the morning, becoming partly
sunny in the afternoon. Scattered rain showers
in the afternoon an a 20 percent chance of a
thunderstorm.
CWR.................Around 10 to 20 percent mid to late morning,
increasing to 20 to 30 percent in the afternoon.
LAL.................1, increasing to 2 in the late afternoon/early
evening.
Max temperature.....65 to 70 degrees.
Min humidity........25 to 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 to 10 mph in the morning,
shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon
with gusts around 15 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL in the morning, increasing to near
5900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph in the morning, becoming
west around 15 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 to 0.05 inches.
Snow level..........Near 6000 ft in the morning, increasing to
around 11500 ft in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...Moore
Requested by...Ryan Baum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/23/24
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.EMAIL ryan.baum@usda.gov