FNUS75 KPIH 151528
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITE KNOB RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
928 AM MDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 MDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUD COVER TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW MOVES TO THE SOUTH.  ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AFTER 3 PM.  DO NOT EXPECT STRONG WINDS MAINLY IN THE 5 TO 11 MPH
RANGE BUT WILL SEE GUSTS NEAR ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM.  EXPECT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY.
EXPECT HAINES INDEX OF 6 TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 TO 12 MPH
                    LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.  GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 11300 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH...THEN
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...WILL MARCROFT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120515.WHITE.02/PIH