Red Flag Warning for Island Park

...Remnants of a Southwest Monsoon Intensifies Friday... .Coverage of thunderstorms increases tomorrow, with all except the lower elevations expecting lightning activity to increase as thunderstorm coverage exceeds 25 percent in many locations. Some areas in the central Idaho mountains may see wetting rains, but it will be limited to the highest elevations there. The National Weather Service in Pocatello has issued a Red Flag Warning for scattered thunderstorms, which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 411 Centennial Mountains and Snake River Range/Targhee NF and Fire Weather Zone 413 Caribou Range/Caribou NF. * IMPACTS...Scattered thunderstorms can produce frequent lightning that may in turn produce wildfire starts in receptive fuels. * THUNDERSTORMS...In the Caribou portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest and adjoining BLM lands, thunderstorms will be mainly dry. In the Big Hole mountains and in the Wyoming portions of the Targhee National Forest, thunderstorms will be a mixture of wet and dry (rainfall accumulation of less than 0.10 of an inch). * OUTFLOW WINDS...Erratic winds suddenly gusting to 50 mph are possible. -- NWS Pocatello ID