FNUS75 KPIH 031459
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORT HALL BOTTOMS...WILDLAND FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
859 AM MDT FRI MAY 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 MDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH EASTERN IDAHO THIS
AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTH, AND THERE IS A THREAT OF RAIN BY TONIGHT.
CLOUDS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING, AND THEN PARTIALLY CLEAR
DURING THE AFTERNOON.  THIS CLEARING WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM
AND FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO GO UNSTABLE WITH SHOWERS AND EVEN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
AND VARIABLE TODAY AND TAKE ON A NORTHERLY DIRECTION DURING THE
EARLY EVENING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY, BY 1500 BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 1 TO 3 MPH, BY 1200 BECOMING
                     SOUTHWEST 1 TO 4 MPH.  BY 1500 WIND BECOMING
                     WEST 1 TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................NEAR ZERO.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                     AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH 1 TO 6 MPH GUSTS TO 10 MPH, BY 2000
                     BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
                     BY MIDNIGHT, WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 8
                     MPH.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY, BY 1500 BECOMING PARTLY
                     CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT
                     CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65.
RH..................MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST 4 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 16 MPH, BY
                     1200 BECOMING 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
                     BY 1500, WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 10
                     TO 16 MPH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...ED CHRISTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130503.FORTH.01/PIH