FNUS75 KPIH 051808
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING...FS-SCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1208 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1134 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 THROUGH SATURDAY AT LEAST, MAKING THINGS BUSY FOR INITIAL
ATTACK OPERATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE FUELS SITUATION.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2200.  AFTER 2200,
                     PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                     AND THUNDERSTORMS.  TOP OF INVERSION AT 6000
                     FEET ELEVATION.
                                        TEMPERATURE.........5000 FT ELEVATION...MIN 60.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........5000 FT ELEVATION...MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................4.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY, BY NOON BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                     A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                     UNTIL NOON, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                                        TEMPERATURE.........5000 FT ELEVATION...MAX 90.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........5000 FT ELEVATION...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................17 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...STODDARD LO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100805.SPRIN.01/PIH