FNUS75 KPIH 051439
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SODA HILLS...BLM-IFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
839 AM MDT THU MAY 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SOME NORMAL
SLOPE WINDS WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST SHOULD ALLOW
SOME UP SLOPE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO DEVELOP SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST.
EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MUCH WETTER CONDITIONS WITH
POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION MOVING IN SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST NORTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH...OTHERWISE
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MP IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 AT IGNITION...MAX 2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...DAN ZAJANC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110505.SODAH.01/PIH