FNUS75 KPIH 230348
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAYFIELD...FS-SCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
948 PM MDT MON AUG 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2109 MDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL IDAHO WILL KEEP SKIES
MAINLY CLEAR WITH SOME CIRRUS CLOUDS MOVING IN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BREEZY, BUT DECREASING WINDS ON WEDNESDAY
WILL ALLOW A WARM UP.  SKIES WILL CLOUD UP ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A
THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MOVES IN
FROM THE SOUTH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY, BY 1200 BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........8500 FT ELEVATION...MAX 76.
RH..................8500 FT ELEVATION...MIN 13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/LOWER ELEVATION...NORTH 1 TO 4 MPH,
                     BY 1100 BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH.  BY 1500,
                     WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH GUSTS TO
                     26 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH GUSTS TO 26 MPH,
                     BY 1500 SHIFTING TO WEST 10 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO
                     30 MPH.

CWR.................NEAR ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 24 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/LOWER ELEVATIONS...SOUTHWEST 6 TO
                     12 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH, BY 2200 BECOMING NORTH
                     1 TO 5 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...WEST 10 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO 30 MPH, BY
                     2200 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO
                     22 MPH.

CWR.................NEAR ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INVERSION DEVELOPING AROUND 8000 FT ELEVATION.
                     MIXING HEIGHT 1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY, BY 1300 BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........8500 FT ELEVATION...MAX 79.
RH..................8500 FT ELEVATION...MIN 16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/LOWER ELEVATIONS...NORTH 1 TO 3 MPH,
                     BY 1000 BECOMING SOUTH 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO
                     18 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...WEDNESDAY 10 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO
                     30 MPH, BY 1200 SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO
                     14 MPH GUSTS TO 26 MPH.

CWR.................NEAR ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11,000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 19 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110822.MAYFI.01/PIH