FNUS75 KPIH 121454
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE BIRCH CREEK...SCIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
854 AM MDT THU JUL 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0836 MDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES PEAK IN THE UPPER 90S. THESE STORMS
WILL BRING LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
TOMORROW WHICH SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN AND POSSIBLY SUPPRESS
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...THOUGH SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY MAY OCCUR.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97.
RH..................MIN 11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE
     AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE 5800 FT AGL
                    INCREASING TO 13300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 AT REQUEST...MAX 6.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 65.
RH..................MAX 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 8
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87.
RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................14 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 10500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.

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FORECASTER...HINSBERGER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120712.LITTL.01/PIH