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Spot Forecast for Lick Creek RX...USDA
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
326 AM MDT Wed Apr 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 MDT on April 16.
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.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...Low pressure will develop and drop south across Idaho and western Montana
through the next 36 hours. This will bring stronger winds and increasing North to Northeast
winds across the burn area. The best chance of seeing impactful precipitation will be from
around 1800 MDT today through 0800 MDT Thursday. Temperatures will 15-20 degrees colder
tomorrow.  Wind chills tonight and Thursday will be in the teens and 20s.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms starting
                    around 1400 MDT.
CWR.................4 percent.
Chance of thunder...15-20 percent.
Max temperature.....50-54.
Min humidity........32-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 2-7 mph through 1100 MDT. West-northwest
                    15-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph by mid afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6800-7200 ft AGL by afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 10-15 mph.
Rainfall amount.....Trace - 0.02 inches.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms through
                    sunset. Rain likely, and changing to snow overnight.
CWR.................27 percent.
Chance of thunder...15-20 percent in the evening.
Min temperature.....27-31.
Max humidity........66-70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 12-17 mph with gusts to 25 mph through 2300 MDT.
                    Becoming Northeast 11-16 mph with gusts to 22 mph by sunrise.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 700-1100 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Becoming North around 15 mph overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.04-0.08 inches. Snow accumulation of less than 1".
Snow level..........Lowering to elevation of the burn overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely.
CWR.................7 percent.
Chance of thunder...5-10 percent.
Max temperature.....32-36.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 14-19 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7000-7400 ft AGL during the day.
Transport winds.....Northeast 15-20 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.02-0.06 inches. Snow accumulation of less than 1".


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Forecaster...Keyes
Requested by...Taylor Bradley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510290.0/PIH
.DELDT 04/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Taylor.Bradley@USDA.GOV