FNUS75 KPIH 170013
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
613 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1743 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING...BRINGING BREEZY CONDITIONS AND ISOLATED PRECIPITATION ENDING
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.  ZONAL FLOW TRANSITIONING TO A BROAD UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE WILL KEEP FLOW WEST TO WESTNORTHWEST ALOFT AND BRING MILD AND DRY
CONDITIONS FOR TOMORROW AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  SOME GUSTY WINDS FOR TONIGHT
NEAR SHOWERS AND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33-35.
RH..................MAX 97-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WESTSOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    UNTIL MIDNIGHT...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 AT REQUEST...MAX 3.
LAL.................2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48-51.
RH..................MIN 38-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31-33.
RH..................MAX 98-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 TO 9 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HAZEN
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL IDAHO DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110916.SADDL.02/PIH