FNUS75 KPIH 220513
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PANTHER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1113 PM MDT FRI AUG 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2243 MDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL CONTINUE
TO BREAK DOWN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MONSOONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MOST OF THE
STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 90.
RH..................MIN 19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 14 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................4...THEN 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................12 PERCENT INCREASING TO 25 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HARMON
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090821.PANTH.01/PIH