FNUS75 KPIH 261821
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PFD TRAINING FIRE...LOCAL FIRE AGCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1221 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MDT ON JULY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EASTERN IDAHO WILL BE IN BETWEEN A VERY WEAK SYSTEM TO
OUR NORTHWEST AND THE SUMMERTIME CENTERED WELL TO OUR SOUTHEAST. ENOUGH
MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT FOR SOME AFTERNOON CLOUDS BUT NO SHOWERS OR
STORMS ARE FORECAST. THE WIND PATTERN WILL BE TYPICAL OF SUMMER WITH
WINDS BEGINNING THE USUAL PICKUP IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 1100 AND NOON MDT.
THE WINDS SHOULD BE COMING FROM A DIRECTION FROM OVER THE TOP OF THE
WEST BENCH/MINK CREEK AND NOT FROM MORE OF A SOUTH/SOUTHEAST DIRECTION
ORIGINATING FROM THE PORTNEUF GAP ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79-84.
RH..................MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7-12 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
                    17 MPH BETWEEN 900-1100 MDT...OTHERWISE INCREASING
                    TO WEST 9 TO 14 MPH BEGINNING AROUND 1100-NOON MDT.
                    GUSTS AROUND 27 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1400 FT AGL AT 900 MDT... INCREASING TO
                    7200-7600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH AT 900 MDT TO INCREASING TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KEYES
REQUESTED BY...MIKE IRWIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110727.PFDTR.01/PIH