FNUS75 KPIH 011605
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT FIRE...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1005 AM MDT SAT OCT 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0924 MDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AS THE RIDGE PREVIOUSLY
OVER IDAHO HAS SHIFTED TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH THIS PATTERN
BUT STILL EXPECT LOW HUMIDITIES ESPECIALLY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE.
ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ISOLATED DRY STORMS
IN THE AREA. LIMITED SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SUNDAY
FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MORE STABLE
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68 AT 9000 FEET.
                    75-80 AT 7000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT AT 9000 FEET.
                    6-11 PERCENT AT 7000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........AT RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 11 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 34 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT. AT 7000 FEET...UPVALLEY 3 TO 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS AROUND 11 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT.
CWR.................19 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8600-9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 29 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A 10 PERCENT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47 AT 9000 FEET.
                    46-51 AT 7000 FEET.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT AT 9000 FEET.
                    35-40 PERCENT AT 7000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........AT RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS AROUND 12 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
                    AT 7000 FEET...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-1600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65 AT 9000 FEET.
                    70-75 AT 7000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT AT 9000 FEET.
                    12-17 PERCENT AT 7000 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........AT RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS AROUND 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT.
                    AT 7000 FEET...DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 23 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000-8400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KEYES
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111001.SALTF.01/PIH