FNUS75 KPIH 072236
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOT WELL...SCIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
436 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1512 MDT ON AUGUST 07. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RELATIVELY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WAS POSITIONED OVER THE 
FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WAS NOTED LIFTING
NORTHEAST TOWARD PORTLAND. MODEST INSTABILITY WAS SUPPORTING CONVECTIVE 
BUILDUPS OVER THE FIRE AREA AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER WEST OF
THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY VERY WELL BUILD
INTO THE FIRE AREA THIS EVENING. BY WEDNESDAY...ADDITIONAL MOISTURE 
IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH NEVADA INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO PROVIDING 
ADDITIONAL FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS 
WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE BRUNT OF THE 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEST OF THE FIRE AREA WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE BOISE OFFICE TO 
COVER THE ACTIVITY. 

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WEST
                    OF THE FIRE...POTENTIALLY BUILDING EAST INTO 
                    THE FIRE AREA THIS EVENING. DECREASING CLOUDS
                    OVERNIGHT. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-75. 
MAX HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH...WITH 
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS MIXING INTO THE AREA 
                    THIS EVENING 7 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH. 
                    GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY PASSING
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. 
CWR.................5 PERCENT. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO AROUND 6000-6500 FT MSL OVERNIGHT. 
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........5. 
LAL.................2 THEN 1 OVERNIGHT. 

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. 
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN 
                    THE AFTERNOON. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95. 
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
                    24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH 
                    POSSIBLE NEAR ANY PASSING THUNDERSTORMS. 
CWR.................8 PERCENT. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......12800-13800 FT AGL. 
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........6. 
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...
                    OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-75. 
MAX HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT. 
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 6300 FT MSL OVERNIGHT. 
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 12 MPH. 
HAINES INDEX........5. 
LAL.................2 THEN 1 OVERNIGHT. 

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120807.HOTWE.01/PIH