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Spot Forecast for South Lost RX...FS-SCF
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
829 AM MDT Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 MDT on April 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...Low pressure passing to the north in western Montana
will bring a few clouds and some showers well north of the burn area,
but more significantly it will bring a wind shift to the west as the
dry cold front moves through in the early afternoon. The wind should
peak during the evening hours, then decrease strongly after
midnight. Breezy winds redevelop Monday as the weak inversion breaks.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny, by 1000 becoming mostly sunny. By 1400
                     skies becoming partly sunny again.
CWR.................Near zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....8000ft elevation...52.
Min humidity........8000ft elevation...27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 3 to 9 mph gusts to 16 mph, by 1400 becoming
                     west 10 to 18 mph gusts to 34 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 6000ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 24 mph.
Haines Index........3.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........No snow expected.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................Zero.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....8000ft elevation...23.
Max humidity........8000ft elevation...72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 16 to 22 mph gusts to 40 mph, by midnight becoming
                     northwest 4 to 10 mph gusts to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion developing around 9100ft elevation.
Transport winds.....Northwest 16 mph.
Haines Index........4.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........No snow expected.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny, by 1500 becoming mostly sunny.
CWR.................Zero.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....8000ft elevation...48.
Min humidity........8000ft elevation...23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North 2 to 8 mph gusts to 14 mph, by 1600 becoming
                     northwest 10 to 16 mph gusts to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 5700ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 21 mph.
Haines Index........4.
Rainfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........No snow expected.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Jace James
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410924.2/PIH
.DELDT 04/21/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jace.james@usda.gov