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Spot Forecast for Flatiron Contract Pile Burning...USFS
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
914 AM MDT Thu Apr 24 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MDT on April 24.
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...As low pressure strengths to our southwest on Friday, we will
see a round of showers and thunderstorms lift north across eastern Idaho. We will
see multiple rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms lift north across the
burn site through Sunday evening. This low will slowly cross Idaho and Utah
Sunday night through Monday. Current forecasts still indicate we could see
between 0.30-0.60 inches of precipitation, including a short period of a rain/snow
mix Monday morning. There is a 10-15% chance of more than 0.60" during that period.
Winds over the weekend still looking gusty at times in the 10-20 mph range.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Isolated showers and thunderstorms through
                    2200 MDT.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...10-15 percent.
Min temperature.....35-39.
Max humidity........80-84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope 2-7 mph through 2000 MDT. Downslope 3-9 mph
                    for the rest of the night.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 1500-1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 5-10 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Trace-0.02 inches.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms after 1100 MDT.
CWR.................14 percent.
Chance of thunder...20-25 percent.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........41-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 3-9 mph through 1000 MDT.
                    East-southeast 7-12 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7700-8100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 15 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.02-0.06 inches.

$$
Forecaster...Keyes
Requested by...Harleigh Green
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511190.2/PIH
.DELDT 04/24/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL harleigh.green@usda.gov,Brendon.Soper@usda.gov,ryan.baum@usda.gov,ideic@firenet.gov