FNUS75 KPIH 051451
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...FS-SCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
851 AM MDT MON SEP 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0820 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR HAINES INDEX OF SIX IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE IS GIVING WAY TO A LOW MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHERN IDAHO TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THIS WILL MAKE THE AIR MORE
UNSTABLE AND TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT...EVEN IN THIS PORTION OF IDAHO.  HOWEVER...THE THREAT IS
BARELY IN THE ISOLATED OR SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY TODAY AND WILL ONLY
SLIGHTLY INCREASE IN THREAT TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN EFFECT TO REDUCE THE HAINES INDEX
BY MAKING CONDITIONS SLIGHTLY MORE HUMID FOR A WHILE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY, BY 1500 BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....8000 FT ELEVATION...74.
MIN HUMIDITY........8000 FT ELEVATION...9 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY 1 TO
                     4 MPH, BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 6 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 10 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP WINDS...WEST 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 18
                     MPH, BY 1400 BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 22 MPH.

CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
                     THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 1900.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....8000 FT ELEVATION...54.
MAX HUMIDITY........8000 FT ELEVATION...45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 6
                     MPH GUSTS TO 10 MPH, BY 2000 BECOMING NORTH
                     2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH. BY 0300,
                     MID-SLOPE/VALLEY WIND BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                     DOWN VALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 22
                     MPH, BY 2100 BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 18 MPH. BY 0100 RIDGETOP WIND BECOMING
                     NORTH 1 TO 5 MPH.

CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY, BY 0900 BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....8000 FT ELEVATION...74.
MIN HUMIDITY........8000 FT ELEVATION...18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH,
                     BECOMING UPSLOPE/UP VALLEY 2 TO 6 MPH GUSTS TO 10
                     MPH.

                    RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.

CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110905.SADDL.01/PIH