FNUS75 KPIH 161004
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOW CANYON...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
404 AM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2215 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT RAIN SHOWERS TODAY OVER THE FIRE SITE ESPECIALLY
IN THE MORNING.  A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AND EXPECT
MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS BOTH TODAY AND SATURDAY.  MAY SEE SOME
BREEZY CONDITIONS AS WELL BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AS WELL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................72 PERCENT DECREASING TO 49 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................23 PERCENT DECREASING TO 7 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53.
RH..................MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................3 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 21 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...MARTELL GIBBONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110915.WILLO.01/PIH