FNUS75 KPIH 092107
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOT WELL...SCIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
307 PM MDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. FRIDAY...A PACIFIC
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE INTO WESTERN IDAHO. THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL INITIATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING LASTING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. EXPECT LOCALIZED
WETTING RAINS UNDER THUNDERSTORM CORES AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY
WINDS TO 45 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF PASSING THUNDERSTORMS. A RED
FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
EVENING.

.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 95 TO 99.
RH..................MIN 12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
                    15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR GUSTS
                    20 TO 25 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 74 TO 78.
RH..................MAX 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7400 FT AGL BRIEFLY DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND
                    13 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81 TO 85.
RH..................MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AROUND 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN AND
                    AROUND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................45 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................4.

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FORECASTER...WYATT
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120809.HOTWE.01/PIH