FNUS75 KPIH 240913
FWSPIH

Spot Forecast for Shale Butte...BLM-SID
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
313 AM MDT Mon Aug 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 MDT on August 24. 
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...High pressure will produce some weak warming and drying 
over the next three days, but it will also allow some moist and 
unstable air to continue moving into southern Idaho. Today, the 
instability is so high that there is a marginal threat of severe 
dry thunderstorms. Thursday looks to be the next day that gets breezy
to windy. 

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy, by 1300 becoming partly sunny. A
                     10 percent chance of showers after 1200. A slight
                     chance of thunderstorms after 1200. Gusts to 50
                     mph near thunderstorms. 
CWR.................Near zero. 
Chance of thunder...Before 1200: Near zero. After 1200: 15 percent. 
Max temperature.....4350ft elevation...91. 
Min humidity........4350ft elevation...21 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 2 to 7 mph, by 1100 becoming southeast 
                     2 to 7 mph. By 1500 wind becoming west 4 to 10
                     mph gusts to 18 mph. 
Mixing height.......Morning inversion top around 1500ft AGL.
                     Mixing height rising to around 11,200ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 mph, after inversion break southwest
                     15 mph. 
Rainfall amount.....Extreme range: None to 0.02 of an inch.
                    Most likely range: None to trace. 

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. A 15 percent chance of showers prior
                     to midnight, and near zero after. A slight chance
                     of thunderstorms prior to midnight. Gusts to 50 mph
                     near thunderstorms. 
CWR.................Near zero. 
Chance of thunder...Before midnight: 18 percent. After midnight: Near zero. 
Min temperature.....4350ft elevation...58. 
Max humidity........4350ft elevation...61 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 6 to 12 mph gusts to 22 mph, by 2100
                     becoming east northeast 3 to 9 mph gusts to 14 mph. 
Mixing height.......Inversion top developing around 700ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Becoming east southeast 8 mph. 
Rainfall amount.....Extreme range: None to 0.04 of an inch.
                    Most likely range: None to trace.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny, by 1300 becoming partly sunny. A 5 percent
                     chance of showers after 1200. A slight chance of thunder-
                     storms after 1200. Gusts to 40 mph near thunderstorms. 
CWR.................Near zero. 
Chance of thunder...Before 1200: Near zero. After 1200: 11 percent. 
Max temperature.....4350ft elevation...92. 
Min humidity........4350ft elevation...19 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........East northeast 3 to 9 mph, by 1200 becoming west southwest
                     2 to 7 mph gusts to 12 mph. By 1500 wind becoming west
                     7 to 13 mph gusts to 24 mph. 
Mixing height.......Rising to 13,500ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....East southeast 8 mph, after inversion break south southwest
                     15 mph. 
Rainfall amount.....None.

$$
Forecaster...Messick
Requested by...Jesse Goodwin
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620348.0/PIH
.DELDT 08/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jjgoodwin@blm.gov,bhobbs@blm.gov,idscc@firenet.gov