FNUS75 KPIH 081050 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR MUSTANG COMPLEX...EIIFC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 450 AM MDT SAT SEP 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0210 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ..A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY THROUGH 9 PM SUNDAY FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS TODAY. EXPECT A SHIFT TO A SOUTHWEST FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY INCREASED WINDS. SUNDAY A WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH BRINGING SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH. LOOK FOR MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WINDS IN WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ON TUESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70 TO 74 AT HIGH ELEVATIONS AND 89 TO 93 AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. RH..................MIN 11 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................1. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50 TO 54. RH..................MAX 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................1. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72 TO 76 AT HIGH ELEVATIONS AND 81 TO 85 AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. RH..................MIN 16 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................9 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................2...THEN 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WYATT REQUESTED BY...TIM FOLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120908.MUSTA.01/PIH