FNUS75 KPIH 280936
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
336 AM MDT WED SEP 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1935 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WAS OBSERVED SHEARING EAST ALONG
THE CANADIAN BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL PROGRESS EAST OF
THE REGION BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM
WAS PRODUCING A BAND OF CLOUDS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL SINK SOUTH TOWARD THE
FIRE WHILE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH THE MORNING. STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10000 FEET MSL MAY SURFACE AT HIGHER ELEVATION
LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE WINDS TURN TO THE WEST AND
NORTHWEST AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS ACROSS THE FIRE REGION. A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE POSITIONED OVER THE GREAT BASIN REBOUNDS ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING.
                    DECREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-62 AT 9000 FEET
                    65-69 AT 7000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT AT 9000 FEET
                    18-22 PERCENT AT 7000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST AT 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH NEAR 9000
                    FEET THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST
                    THIS AFTERNOON AND DECREASING TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH. IN EXPOSED VALLEYS BELOW
                    7000 FEET...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 8 MPH
                    GUSTING TO 16 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AT 5 MPH GUSTING
                    TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 25 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING TO
                    15 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SLOPE WINDS AT 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-66 AT 9000 FEET
                    71-75 AT 7000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT AT 9000 FEET
                    15-20 PERCENT AT 7000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AT 9000 FEET.
                    UPSLOPE 3 TO 6 MPH IN VALLEYS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-3400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...STEVE COBB
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110927.SALTF.02/PIH