FNUS75 KPIH 051543
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIGHORN...SALMON-CHALLIS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
943 AM MDT THU AUG 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0909 MDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND HAS BROUGHT MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO, AND THIS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL IDAHO
TODAY.  A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS
FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE INCIDENT AREA.  THE SOUTHERLY TO
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN CENTRAL
IDAHO, AND SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR QUITE A WHILE, MAKING THINGS BUSY FOR INITIAL ATTACK
OPERATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE FUELS SITUATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR, BY 1500 BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....100.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 1 TO 3 MPH, BY 1300 BECOMING NORTH 1 TO
                     6 MPH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200, THEN BECOMING
                     PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
                     THUNDERSTORM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57.
MAX HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH, BY 2100
                     BECOMING SOUTH 1 TO 3 MPH.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...TUCKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100805.BIGHO.01/PIH