FNUS75 KPIH 232254
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
454 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1626 MDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGING CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE
OVER THE STATE TODAY. AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES ARE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL WITH LOW HUMIDITY. SOME MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AND
MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-55.
RH..................MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST TO 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS 2O TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83-88.
RH..................MIN 14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
                    MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-55.
RH..................MAX 55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................15 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2 IN THE EVENING...3 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...HATTINGS
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110823.SADDL.02/PIH