FNUS75 KPIH 190830 FWSPIH Spot Forecast for Sand Creek...BLM National Weather Service Pocatello ID 230 AM MDT Tue Aug 19 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 MDT on August 19. 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... Under the increasing influence of high pressure today, hot and dry conditions are expected with afternoon RHs in the single digits with wind gusts up to around 20 mph. A weak shortwave trough Wednesday will support a 5-15% chance of isolated showers/virga through the day with isolate dry thunderstorms in the afternoon. Little to no precipitation is expected, however gusty winds will be possible near any activity. Winds will also see an increase Wednesday with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Dry conditions will return for Thursday and Friday ahead of a push of monsoonal moisture building in this weekend which will support shower and thunderstorm chances back for early next week. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Max temperature.....91 to 95 degrees. Min humidity........6 to 10 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning shifting to the southwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL through 9 AM MDT, increasing to 12600 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph in the morning, becoming southwest around 15 mph in the afternoon. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. CWR.................0 percent. Chance of thunder...0 percent. Min temperature.....54 to 58 degrees. Max humidity........30 to 35 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 10 mph in the evening shifting to the northeast 5 to 8 mph overnight. Mixing height.......7700 ft AGL at 7 PM MDT decreasing to 700 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny in the afternoon. Isolated rain showers and virga through the day. Isolated dry thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................5 to 10 percent. Chance of thunder...5 to 15 percent. Max temperature.....90 to 94 degrees. Min humidity........12 to 15 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 8 mph in the morning shifting to the southwest 12 to 18 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL through 8 AM MDT, increasing to 12000 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph in the morning, becoming southwest around 20 mph in the afternoon. Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches. $$ Forecaster...MacKay Requested by...ID-EIC Dispatch Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2520023.3/PIH .DELDT 08/19/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ideic@firenet.gov,brian.milligan@usda.gov