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Spot Forecast for Lake Channel...USWFS
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
323 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 MDT on July 30.
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.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...Another round of showers and thunderstorms is
developing this afternoon and will continue through the evening
hours. Expect gusty and erratic winds to around 50 mph with
the stronger storms today along with small hail, lightning, and
brief downpours. Activity is expected to diminish after 2000 MDT.
Storm chances are expected to decrease for Friday afternoon and be
even more isolated than today. As the heat builds for the weekend,
a FIRE WEATHER WATCH is in effect for the fire site for Saturday
afternoon through Sunday afternoon due to low RHs and gusty winds
of 25-30 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
storms before 2000 MDT.
CWR.................Around 10 percent until 2000 MDT, then around
5 percent until midnight.
Chance of thunder...Around 20 percent until 2000 MDT, then around
to 10 percent until 2200 MDT.
Min temperature.....61 to 66 degrees.
Max humidity........Around 55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph after 1800 MDT,
shifting to the east around 5 to 10 mph
overnight. Expect gusty and erratic winds to
around 50 mph with storms before 2000 MDT.
Mixing height.......12800 ft AGL decreasing to 1400 ft AGL in the
                    late evening and overnight.
Transport winds.....South around 10 mph becoming east overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 to 0.05 inches.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny with a very slight chance of an
isolated storm in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 to 5 percent.
Chance of thunder...Less than 15 percent.
Max temperature.....95 to 100 degrees.
Min humidity........Around 10 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning,
shifting to the west around 10 mph in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds around
storms.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL increasing to 18500 ft AGL in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 10 mph in the morning becoming
west around 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....97 to 102 degrees.
Min humidity........Around 5 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph early in the morning,
shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph with gusts
of 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.

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Forecaster...Moore
Requested by...IDEIC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2618635.1/PIH
.DELDT 07/30/26
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.EMAIL ideic@firenet.gov,cburger@blm.gov