FNUS75 KPIH 251318
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR RATTLESNAKE BUTTE...SCIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
718 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0650 MDT ON JULY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT SHOULD BRING MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS
TO THE FIRE SITE FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS.  EXPECT THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
TO BE MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH
THURSDAY.   THE MAIN THREAT IS A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW GUST IF A STORM GETS
CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SITE AND PRODUCE A GUST OF 25 TO 30 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 93.
RH..................MIN 14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 7 MPH AT REQUEST...BECOMING
                    WEST AROUND 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 93.
RH..................MIN 12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................4 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 13800 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...KAISER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120725.RATTL.01/PIH