FNUS75 KPIH 041633
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR HILL CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1030 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TODAY AHEAD
OF A WEAKENING COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL IDAHO. OTHERWISE AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL NEVADA THIS MORNING IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE BURN AREA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING
A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS TO THE AREA. ANOTHER MOIST COLD FRONT
POISED OFF THE WEST COAST WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN IDAHO WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INTO EASTERN IDAHO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE BURN
UNIT AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
                    AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 68 AT 6500 FEET AND UPPER 50S AT 8500
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT AT 6500 AND AROUND 40 PERCENT
                    AT 8500 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH GUST 20
                    MPH.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 TO 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH EVENING
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY WITH
                    ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50 AT 8500 FEET AND 60 DEGREES AT 6500
                    FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT 6500 FEET 60 TO 70 PERCENT AT 8500
                    FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................2.

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FORECASTER...REDMAN
REQUESTED BY...USFS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111004.HILLC.01/PIH