FNUS75 KPIH 190933
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR CAVE CANYON...SCIDC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
333 AM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1658 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER FRONT WILL
ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY. ISOLATED
                    RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74 TO 79.
RH..................MIN 18 TO 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58 TO 63.
RH..................MAX 65 TO 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 6 TO 10 MPH...GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS
                    OF SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78 TO 83.
RH..................MIN 16 TO 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4 TO 7 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11100 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 6
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...VALLE
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120818.CAVEC.01/PIH