FNUS75 KPIH 151123
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
523 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0507 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION... A MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE FIRE SITE
TODAY AND FRIDAY AS AN UPPER TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION.  EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON BUT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING EXPECT MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF
A WETTING RAIN AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.  EXPECT MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AS WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 3 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9
                    MPH AND GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 AT REQUEST...MAX 3.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................25 PERCENT INCREASING TO 46 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT DECREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110915.SADDL.01/PIH