FNUS75 KPIH 130951
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE HUNTER RX...FS-STF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
351 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 MDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...N UPPER TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH
NORTHER IDAHO LATER TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS AND THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 16 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE VARIABLE 4 TO 8 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 7700-8700
                    FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 46
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 4 TO 9
                    MPH...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 13 TO 14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64.
RH..................MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 6 TO 7 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900-5900 FT AGL.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HEDGES
REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN WALZ SENIOR FIRE FIGHTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130510.SLIDE.01/PIH