FNUS75 KPIH 311443 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR MIKE SELL...EIIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 843 AM MDT MON AUG 31 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0817 MDT ON AUGUST 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS OVER CENTRAL IDAHO LIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING TAPERING TO ISOLATED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...EXPECT BREEZY WEST WINDS. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72 TO 76. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 GUSTING TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................70 PERCENT DECREASING TO 25 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 AT REQUEST...4 IN AFTERNOON. LAL.................4. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39 TO 43. RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................5 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3. LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...WYATT REQUESTED BY...DAN ATKINSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090831.MIKES.01/PIH