FNUS75 KPIH 042327
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
527 PM MDT SUN SEP 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT MONDAY FOR HIGH
HAINES INDEX IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO ZONES 475...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
WHEN A LOW WILL CROSS THROUGH SOUTHERN IDAHO BRINGING ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY
EVENING. CONTINUED EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH
INCOMING INSTABILITY WILL PUSH THE HAINES INDEX TO A SIX ON
MONDAY. THUS... A RED FLAG HAS BEEN ISSUED. EXPECT A REPEAT OF
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. LOOK FOR DRIER
CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44 TO 48.
RH..................MAX 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71 TO 75.
RH..................MIN 7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST NORTHWEST 8
    TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH IN AND
                    AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................4 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48 TO 52.
RH..................MAX 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND
                    8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 15 MPH.  EXPECT GUSTS
                    NEAR 30 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110904.SADDL.02/PIH