FNUS75 KPIH 042314
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SADDLE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
514 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1651 MDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MASSIVE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL
DAYS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE FIRE SITE.  SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP TO
7500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  EXPECT PERIODS OF THE RAIN AND SNOW
THROUGH FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6
                    MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
CWR.................24 PERCENT INCREASING TO 45 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 46.
RH..................MIN 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................66 PERCENT INCREASING TO 89 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6
                    MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...KATE MAFFEI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111004.SADDL.01/PIH