FNUS75 KPIH 142300
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR THOMPSON CREEK...FS-STF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
500 PM MDT SUN OCT 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1532 MDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL CLOUD UP AS AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
BRINGS NOT ONLY THE CLOUDS BUT RAIN SHOWERS BY TUESDAY MORNING.
AFTERNOON WIND WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST, BUT A WIND SHIFT
OVERNIGHT WILL RETURN THE WIND TO THE SOUTHWEST.  WIND WILL BECOME
STRONGER BY TUESDAY MORNING AS IT SHIFTS BACK TO WESTERLY.  WHILE
THE WIND WILL BE STRONG, THE MOISTURE COMING IN WILL KEEP THE
HUMIDITY WELL ABOVE 30 PERCENT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY, BY 1200 BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                     SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM 1200 TO 1600.
TEMPERATURE.........5800 FT ELEVATION...MAX 58.
RH..................5800 FT ELEVATION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE WIND...SOUTH 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 16 MPH,
                     BY 0900 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 22 MPH.  BY 1200, RIDGE WIND BECOMING
                     NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    MIDSLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY 1 TO 4 MPH, BY
                     1200 BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 9 MPH GUSTS TO
                     16 MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 TO 8700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 27 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY, BY 2000 BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                     BY MIDNIGHT, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.  A CHANCE
                     OF SHOWERS AFTER 0500.
TEMPERATURE.........5800 FT ELEVATION...MIN 39.
RH..................5800 FT ELEVATION...MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE WIND...NORTHWEST 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 16
                     MPH, BY 2000 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 2 TO 6 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 10 MPH.  BY MIDNIGHT, RIDGE WIND
                     BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 16 MPH.
                    MIDSLOPE/VALLEY...NORTHWEST 1 TO 5 MPH, BY 2000
                     BECOMING SOUTHEAST 1 TO 5 MPH.  BY MIDNIGHT,
                     VALLEY WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......TOP OF INVERSION 7200 FT ELEVATION.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 21 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN PRIOR TO 0900, THEN
                     AFTER 0900 RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
TEMPERATURE.........5800 FT ELEVATION...MAX 55.
RH..................5800 FT ELEVATION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........RIDGE WIND...SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 22
                     MPH, BY 0900 BECOMING WEST 10 TO 18 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 34 MPH.  BY 1500, RIDGE WIND BECOMING
                     NORTHWEST 14 TO 24 MPH GUSTS TO 46 MPH.
                    MIDSLOPE/VALLEY...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 16 MPH, BY 1000 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16
                     MPH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.  BY 1200, VALLEY WIND
                     BECOMING WEST 12 TO 20 MPH GUSTS TO 38 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 TO 6200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 40 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...HULME
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20121014.THOMP.01/PIH