FNUS75 KPIH 060718 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR FOURTH OF JULY...CIIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 118 AM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0045 MDT ON AUGUST 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FIRE AREA TODAY AND EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS. DRYING AND CLEARING IS EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74-76. RH..................MIN 11-14 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH. POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................9 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5. LAL.................2...THEN 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50-52. RH..................MAX 40-45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH. CWR.................4 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER SUNSET. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-72. RH..................MIN 8-12 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH. CWR.................2 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3. $$ FORECASTER...HAZEN REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120806.FOURT.01/PIH