FNUS75 KPIH 181638 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN...CIIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1038 AM MDT MON JUL 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1014 MDT ON JULY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD MIX DOWN TO PROVIDE SOME GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON BUT EXPECT SUNNY SKIES THROUGH THE DAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROF APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TUESDAY AND THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FIRE SITE. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AGAIN ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85. RH..................MIN 18 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........6. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWN SLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........6. LAL.................1. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79. RH..................MIN 20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................3 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5. LAL.................1...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...KAISER REQUESTED BY...KATIE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110718.INDIA.01/PIH