FNUS75 KPIH 281654
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR BANNOCK PEAK PILE BURN...WILDLAND FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1054 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO
ALONG THE FRONT. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION...BUT WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. DRY BUT
CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THURSDAY. STRONGEST WINDS ON
THURSDAY WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........36-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 4 TO 7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 IN THE EVENING...2 OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.

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FORECASTER...VALLE
REQUESTED BY...ED CHRISTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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