FNUS75 KPIH 011124
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH CANYON...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
524 AM MDT SAT SEP 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2021 MDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR
THE FIRE SITE TODAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IF A STRONGER CELL MOVES OVER THE FIRE. STORMS MAY PRODUCE ERRATIC
GUSTY WINDS AROUND 40 MPH MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING BUT THERE IS A
SMALL CHANCE THAT SHOWERS COULD CONTINUE EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. DRIER
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69-73.
RH..................MIN 44-49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................28 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8400 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 21 TO 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-46.
RH..................MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH AND GUSTY EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................13 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1100 FT AGL AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 7
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71-75.
RH..................MIN 21-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................6 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8800 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH INCREASING TO WEST
                    AROUND 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HARMON
REQUESTED BY...DANE OSTLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120831.NORTH.01/PIH