FNUS75 KPIH 030020
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PHILLIPS RX...SOUTH IDAHO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
620 PM MDT FRI OCT 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON OCTOBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A POTENT STORM SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE
PACIFIC COAST WILL BEGIN APPROACHING THE BURN AREA ON SATURDAY.
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD ALONG THE IDAHO AND NEVADA
BORDER ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.  SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.  COOLER TEMPERATURES STICK
AROUND ON SUNDAY AS WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUES.  EXPECT
SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.  SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS LIKELY ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO
                    9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30.
RH..................MAX 98 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 40.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HANKO
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN BISHOP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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