FNUS75 KPIH 091122
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
522 AM MDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0502 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRESSURE
OVER MONTANA WILL PUSH SOME MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TOWARDS THE
FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP AND
COMBINED WITH SOME OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF THE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. GUST POTENTIAL WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE LIMITED TO AROUND 35 MPH. PRECIPITATION FROM
SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE LIMITED TO A TRACE TO .02 INCH. A LITTLE
DRIER AIR NOSES IN FROM MONTANA ON SATURDAY AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE WELL WEST OF THE FIRE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS
                    OF SMOKE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 1300 AND 2300.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS VARIABLE 1-3 MPH AT REQUEST...AFTER 1100 NORTH TO
                    NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH GUST 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 AT REQUEST...MAX 4.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL 2300...
                    THEN MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...SURVICK
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110909.SADDL.01/PIH