FNUS75 KPIH 150051
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
651 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1808 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT
BRINGING SOME DRIER CONDITIONS FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THE UPPER
RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THURSDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING MOISTURE AND HIGHER
WINDS AHEAD OF MOIST COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. LOOK FOR GRADUAL DRYING CONDITIONS FRIDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46 TO 50.
RH..................MAX 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 TO 9 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY LATE MORNING.
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63 TO 67.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    EXPECT GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 12 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
                    SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BY FRIDAY
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50 TO 54.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUST NEAR 25 MPH. EXPECT GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH IN
            AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT IN EARLY EVENING BECOMING 95 PERCENT BY
                    FRIDAY MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110914.SADDL.02/PIH