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Spot Forecast for Sterling WMA RX...BLM-IFD
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
502 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 MST on February 12.
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...A significant winter storm is bearing down on the west
coast of North America at this time, and should bring moderate to
heavy snow starting Thursday afternoon, until then, the northerly
wind ahead of this storm will keep temperatures cold today and again
tonight. Expect strong warming on Thursday as the storm approaches.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy, by 1400 becoming partly sunny. A slight
                    chance of snow showers until 1100.
CWR.................5 percent (in the form of snow).
Chance of thunder...Zero.
Max temperature.....4400ft elevation...18 above zero.
Min humidity........4400ft elevation...50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 1 to 5 mph gusts to 8 mph, by 1200
                     becoming west 4 to 9 mph gusts to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......No inversion. Mixing height starting at 600ft
                     AGL, rising to 3800ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7 mph.
Snowfall amount.....Up to 0.3 of an inch.
Snow level..........Valley floor.


.TONIGHT....

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................Zero.
Chance of thunder...Zero.
Min temperature.....4400ft elevation...5 below zero.
Max humidity........4400ft elevation...82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 1 to 5 mph, by 2000 becoming north
                     2 to 10 mph gusts to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Inversion developing around 1100ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 mph.
Snowfall amount.....None.
Snow level..........Valley floor.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny then becoming cloudy. Snow showers
                     developing around 1100.
CWR.................82 percent.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.
Max temperature.....4400ft elevation...27.
Min humidity........4400ft elevation...39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 7 to 13 mph gusts to 18 mph, by
                     1100 decreasing to 2 to 7 mph. By 1300
                     wind becoming southeast 6 to 13 mph gusts to
                     19 mph.
Mixing height.......Staying around 1000ft AGL all day.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 mph.
Snowfall amount.....3 to 7 inches.
Snow level..........Valley floor.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Thaddeus Labrum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502765.2/PIH
.DELDT 02/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tlabrum@blm.gov