FNUS75 KPIH 061436
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR GIRAFFE...EIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
836 AM MDT WED OCT 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0749 MDT ON OCTOBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW IN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE
NORTHWARD ON SOUTHERLY FLOW. LOOK FOR A TROUGH SPINNING OFF THIS
LOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING BRINGING GOOD PRECIPITATION CHANCES. EXPECT 0.10 TO 0.20
OF PRECIPITATION. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL START MOVING IN THE AREA
THURSDAY AND MOVE OUT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT GOOD
PRECIPITATION CHANCES BOTH DAYS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. EXPECT A DRYING TREND OVER THE WEEKEND WITH
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON INTO
                    THE EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT REQUEST...MAX 61 TO 65.
RH..................74 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    20 TO 25 MPH GUSTS. EXPECT OUTFLOW GUSTS OF
                    UP TO 35 MPH IN OR AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................4 PERCENT BECOMING 65 PERCENT BY MID TO LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL AT REQUEST...INCREASING TO
                    6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42 TO 46.
RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                     25 MPH.
CWR.................80 PERCENT EARLY DROPPING TO 4 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-1400 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH SOUTHEAST 21 TO 24 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...DAWN LOOMIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20101006.GIRAF.01/PIH