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Spot Forecast for Bench Lake Wildfire...Sawtooth NF
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
259 AM MDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on July 13.
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...We will increasing monsoon moisture throughout the weekend.
The chance for any dry thunderstorms is less than 15% at the moment through
tomorrow. There is a 10% chance for wind gusts over 35 mph today and 10-20%
on Sunday. Temperatures and humidities will slowly recover over the weekend,
although do expect another night of poor recovery humidity-wise.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly Sunny. 5% or less chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....81-85.
Min humidity........12-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 3-8 mph through 1000 MDT. West 8-14 mph with gusts
                    to 23 mph throughout the rest of the day.
Mixing height.......Rising to 10400-10800 ft AGL after 1000 MDT.
Transport winds.....Becoming Southwest 15-20 mph by afternoon.
Haines Index........6.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 5% or less chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....61-65.
Max humidity........30-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 8-14 mph with gusts to 23 mph through 2000 MDT. Downslope
                    3-7 mph throughout the rest of the night.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 200-500ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Becoming West 5-10 mph overnight.
Haines Index........6.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. A 10-15% chance of thunderstorms.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....79-83.
Min humidity........16-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 3-7 mph through 1100 MDT. West 5-10 mph with gusts
                    to 18 mph throughout the rest of the day.
Mixing height.......Rising to 9500-9900 ft AGL by afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 10-15 mph.
Haines Index........6.

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Forecaster...Keyes
Requested by...Jack Messick
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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