Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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Spot Forecast for Wells...BLM-IFD
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
422 AM MDT Mon Aug 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 MDT on August 04.
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.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND...

.DISCUSSION...Low pressure moving through central Idaho and western
Montana will increase the wind and trigger thunderstorms in areas north
of Blackfoot, which may bring thunderstorm outflow into the incident
area. While the incident is in an Forecast Zone that has a Red Flag Warning
in effect, Anything east of the Snake River will have trouble reaching
red flag conditions, both for wind and for afternoon humidity. Cooler air
on Tuesday will be followed by a warm up on Wednesday. Humidity will actually
decrease from day to day, finally getting below 15 percent on Tuesday. If
wind stays breezy to windy, Red Flag conditions could develop for wind and
humidity on Tuesday and Wednesday even in this area.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny, by 1500 becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................3 percent.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.
Max temperature.....4700ft elevation...86.
Min humidity........4700ft elevation...17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Down valley/downslope 2 to 6 mph, by 1000 becoming
                    southwest 4 to 10 mph gusts to 16 mph. By 1300 wind
                    becoming west southwest 8 to 14 mph gusts to 26 mph.
                    By 1700 wind becoming west 12 to 20 mph gusts to 32 mph.
Mixing height.......Morning inversion top around 1900ft AGL. Mixing
                    height rising to 7100ft AGL to 7600ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West southwest 18 mph.
Rainfall amount.....None.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy, by 2300 becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................2 percent.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.
Min temperature.....4700ft elevation...53.
Max humidity........4700ft elevation...64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West 8 to 16 mph gusts to 27 mph, by 2000 becoming
                    southwest 4 to 10 mph gusts to 14 mph. By 0300 wind
                    becoming downslope/down valley 2 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion developing around 1900ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 mph.
Rainfall amount.....None.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...IC - Jacob Atkins
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519196.0/PIH
.DELDT 08/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ashkicker1347@gmail.com,ideic@firenet.gov