FNUS75 KPIH 131457 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIP ISLAND...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 857 AM MDT TUE SEP 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0840 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGING IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...BUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH DRY AIR STARTING TO MOVE IN...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DRY AND MAY OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68 TO 71. RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE 7500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 AT REQUEST...MAX 4. LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45 TO 49. RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. HAINES INDEX........3. LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...HINSBERGER REQUESTED BY...ERIC PETERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110913.SHIPI.01/PIH