FNUS75 KPIH 271536
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR ARCO...EAST IDAHO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
936 AM MDT FRI AUG 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0914 MDT ON AUGUST 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRIER AIRMASS HAS MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
AND ARCO DESERT AREAS FOR TODAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE TODAY IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONT. WINDS TONIGHT MAY
PROVE TRICKY AS THEY WILL SWITCH TO MORE OF A DRAINAGE FLOW FROM THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD STAY JUST SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE FIRE SITE UNTIL LATER SATURDAY. BY THEN...MOISTURE WILL
BE PULLED INTO THE FIRE SITE AREA AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO
                    7 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH BY NOON MDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST
                    7 TO 14 MPH BY 2200 MDT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
                    7 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KEYES
REQUESTED BY...IC BERKEBILE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100827.ARCO_.01/PIH