FNUS75 KPIH 301346
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
746 AM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0714 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AS AN UPPER TROF INTENSIFIES AND SLIDES EAST EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS.  THE
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT
WITH THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.  TURNING MUCH COLDER WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.  GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 AT REQUEST...MAX 4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 11 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 34 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.SADDL.01/PIH