FNUS75 KPIH 072143
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORT HALL BOTTOMS...WILDLAND FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
343 PM MDT TUE MAY 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWARD
THE FOUR CORNERS THROUGH TOMORROW. THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS
GOING ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. OUTFLOW FROM STORMS COULD
EASILY INCREASE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE...SIMILAR TO
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TODAY AND YESTERDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42-47.
RH..................MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 10 T0 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH
                    EARLY EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 7 MPH FOR THE REST
                    OF THE NIGHT.
CWR.................9 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70-75.
RH..................MIN 21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING AND AT IGNITION. BECOMING
                    SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

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