FNUS75 KPIH 021209
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
609 AM MDT FRI SEP 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0528 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC TROUGH WAS DIGGING EAST-SOUTHEAST THROUGH
WESTERN CANADA THIS MORNING WITH A RELATIVELY DRY WEST FLOW ALOFT
OVER THE FIRE AREA. AS THE TROUGH WORKS FURTHER EAST THIS
AFTERNOON...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE FIRE AREA.
A SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN MONTANA OVERNIGHT RESULTING
IN A DRY EAST FLOW OVER THE FIRE SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57 TO 60 AT 8000 MSL.
                    MAX 67 TO 70 AT 6000 MSL.
RH..................MIN 23 TO 27 PERCENT AT 8000 MSL.
                    MIN 15 TO 20 PERCENT AT 6000 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    22 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33 TO 37.
RH..................MAX 85 TO 95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...DECREASING AND BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56 TO 59 AT 8000 MSL.
                    MAX 66 TO 70 AT 6000 MSL.
RH..................MIN 24 TO 28 PERCENT AT 8000 MSL.
                    MIN 15 TO 20 PERCENT AT 6000 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110902.SADDL.01/PIH