FNUS75 KPIH 041513
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR GIRAFFE CREEK...EIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
913 AM MDT MON OCT 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0843 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM IS SETTLING ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE FOR
WETTING RAINS IN THUNDERSTORM CELLS. EXPECT 0.05 TO 0.25 INCH OF
RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY WITH UP TO 0.25 INCH MORE POSSIBLE TUESDAY.
EXPECT BREEZY WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE AS A COLD
FRONT SLOWLY TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. EXPECT COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT REQUEST...MAX 58 TO 62.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ARE
     POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................27 PERCENT INCREASING TO 56 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT REQUEST...INCREASING TO
                    7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                    MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43 TO 47.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................44 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...KATHY PIPKIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101004.GIRAF.01/PIH