FNUS75 KPIH 131616
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDE HUNTER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1016 AM MDT MON MAY 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 MDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL
BE NORTH OF THE AREA. THE FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 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.......7000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 7700-8700
                    FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 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 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
                    MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE 4 TO 8
                    MPH.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700-2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
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.......5000-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 21 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...HINSBERGER
REQUESTED BY...JAN WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130513.SLIDE.01/PIH