Chance of thunderstorms; highs still getting in the 90’s
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High pressure along the west coast will keep highs in the 90’s for the Snake River Plain. Moisture works into the region for Thursday and Friday, leading to a risk of scattered thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 60°. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the evening.
Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 93°. North wind around 10 mph.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58°. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the evening.
The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag Warning for scattered thunderstorms, which is in effect from noon Thursday to midnight MDT Thursday night. The Fire Weather Watch
is no longer in effect.
- AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 422 Sawtooth Range/Northern Sawtooth NF, Fire Weather Zone 475 East Salmon River Mountains/Salmon NF and Fire Weather Zone 476 Lemhi and Lost
River Range/Challis NF. - IMPACTS…Scattered thunderstorms will develop over the central mountains Thursday afternoon and evening. A mix of wet and dry storms is expected, with some storms potentially producing between a tenth and quarter inch of rain, especially over Zones 422 and 476.
- OUTFLOW WINDS…Gusts over 35 mph are possible.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly based on these criteria
for Southeastern Idaho:
- Relative humidity at or below 15 percent and wind gusts of at
least 25 mph in the mountains, or 30 mph in the Snake Plain. - Thunderstorm coverage of 25 percent, without specific rainfall
criteria. - Other high impact events deemed critical by the National
Weather Service and area fire management agencies.