FNUS75 KPIH 081242
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER CO  ASST 2...SOUTH IDAHO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
642 AM MDT SUN AUG 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0625 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR
SOUTHEAST IDAHO FIRE ZONES 409...410 AND 412 BELOW 5500 FEET...

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED ALONG THE SOUTHERN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BEGIN TO LIFT INLAND TONIGHT AND
ACROSS SOUTHEAST IDAHO MONDAY. EXPECT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY
THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY
ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84 TO 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 TO 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS DOWNVALLEY OR SOUTHEAST TO 8 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1200 MDT.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58.
MAX HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    UNTIL EARLY MORNING.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 TO 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 TO 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    AND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT INCREASING TO 22 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...ODONNELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100808.POWER.01/PIH