FNUS75 KPIH 291203
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
603 AM MDT MON AUG 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0505 MDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
LIGHTNING...

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LEMHI COUNTY LATER
THIS MORNING.  THIS LOW IS ALREADY TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. BY EVENING, THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS SHOULD SUBSIDE AND SKIES WILL PARTIALLY CLEAR.  A BETTER
ORGANIZED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  WIND OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE STRONGER THAN IT HAS BEEN LATELY WITH ALL OF THESE LOWS PASSING
THROUGH THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS, BY 1100 BECOMING ISOLATED
                     SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  BY 1500, BECOMING
                     CLOUDY AGAIN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                     THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........7500 FT ELEVATION...MAX 74.
RH..................7500 FT ELEVATION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MIDSLOPE/VALLEY...DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1 TO 5
                     MPH, BY 0900 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 14 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP WIND...WEST 12 TO 18 MPH GUSTS TO 34
                     MPH, BY 0900 BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO
                     18 MPH. BY 1500 RIDGETOP WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST
                     2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................4.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                     THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 0200.
TEMPERATURE.........7500 FT ELEVATION...MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...NORTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO
                     18 MPH, BY 2200 BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY
                      1 TO 4 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 4 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH,
                     BY 0100 BECOMING VARIABLE UP TO 3 MPH. BY 0600,
                     RIDGETOP WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................NEAR ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY, BY 1500 BECOMING BECOMING MOSTLY
                     CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........7500 FT ELEVATION...MAX 70.
RH..................7500 FT ELEVATION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 5
                     MPH, BY 1100 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 12 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 22 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH, BY 1100 BECOMING
                     SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH GUSTS TO 26 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2.

$$
FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...DEWAYNE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110829.SADDL.01/PIH