FNUS75 KPIH 121530
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST FORK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
930 AM MDT MON APR 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE BURN SITE WITH A
COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.   SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN QUICKLY BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT BY LATE AFTERNOON.  EXPECT DRY WEATHER AT IGNITION
BUT SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 24
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 11400 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 AT IGNITION...MAX 3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS
                    SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
CWR.................44 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH.
CWR.................39 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...MATT FITCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100412.WESTF.01/PIH