FNUS75 KPIH 281348
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...FS-SCF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
748 AM MDT WED SEP 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0711 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO IDAHO TODAY,
PUSHING AWAY THE CIRRUS CLOUD COVER FROM THIS MORNING.  EXPECT
GRADUAL WARMING AND DRYING UNTIL A LOW MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST ON
SATURDAY, FIRST BRINGING CLOUDS, THEN A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY, BY 1300 BECOMING SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........8000 FT ELEVATION...MAX 65.
RH..................8000 FT ELEVATION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE...NORTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH, BY
                     1000 BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO
                     30 MPH.
                    MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4
                     MPH, BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 10 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........8000 FT ELEVATION...MIN 41.
RH..................8000 FT ELEVATION...MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH, BY
                     2100 BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 7 MPH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
                     BY MIDNIGHT, RIDGE WIND BECOMING EAST 1 TO 5 MPH.
                    MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE 4 TO 10 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 18 MPH, BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWN VALLEY
                     1 TO 4 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY, WITH A FEW CUMULUS BUILDUPS AFTER 1600.
TEMPERATURE.........8000 FT ELEVATION...MAX 68.
RH..................8000 FT ELEVATION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 1 TO 5 MPH, BY 1100 BECOMING
                     SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH GUSTS TO 26 MPH.
                    MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 4
                     MPH, BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 10 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

$$
FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...KATE MAFFEI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110928.SADDL.01/PIH