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RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE ZONE 413 BELOW 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA: IN IDAHO...FIRE ZONE 413 CARIBOU RANGE/CARIBOU NF BELOW 6000 FEET.

* TIMING: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WIND: 25 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY.

* HUMIDITY: 8 TO 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS: EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND RAPID RATES OF SPREAD ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.