FNUS75 KPIH 051209
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SALT FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
609 AM MDT WED OCT 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0408 MDT ON OCTOBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM
MOVING INLAND WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA ABOUT 2000 THIS EVENING.
SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE BREEZY WITH GUST S UP TO 30
MPH. WINDS SHIFT TO WEST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE THEN NORTHWEST BY
MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO NEAR 8300 FEET LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TO ABOUT 6300 FEET THURSDAY. THE TOTAL LIQUID
EQUIVALENT OF PRECIPITATION MADE EXCEED ONE INCH OVER THE NEXT 36
TO 48 HOURS. FOUR TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY PARTICULARLY AROUND 8000 FEET AND ABOVE. GROUND
TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL BE WARM AND SOME MELTING IS POSSIBLE.
THE STORM SYSTEM MAY TAKE UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO PASS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 44.
RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN 30 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................66 PERCENT INCREASING TO 86 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 21 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING. SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 6
                    TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................72 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 34.
RH..................MIN 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................65 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...SURVICK
REQUESTED BY...LYNN BENNETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111005.SALTF.01/PIH