FNUS75 KPIH 191055
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAPOOSE...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
455 AM MDT FRI JUL 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1828 MDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL IDAHO AND
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE INCIDENT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SIX DAYS. THE
EXTREME DRYNESS OF THE AIR AND THE SUNSHINE PRODUCING STRONG
INSTABILITY WILL PUSH THE HAINES INDEX TO FIVE...WITH SIX JUST TO
THE SOUTH OF THE INCIDENT AREA. WIND DIRECTION WILL BE DICTATED BY
THE SLOPE WIND EFFECTS...EXCEPT IN THE SALMON RIVER CANYON.
TYPICALLY THE NORMAL UPSLOPE DOES NOT DEVELOP BECAUSE OF A HOT
ATMOSPHERE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TO THE NORTH KEEPS THE SOUTHERLY
DOWN RIVER WIND GOING. BY WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE RETURNING TO IDAHO...LEAVING ONLY A REMOTE CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BY THEN THIS FAR NORTH IN IDAHO.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....5000 FT ELEVATION...96.
MIN HUMIDITY........5000 FT ELEVATION...7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWN SLOPE 1 TO
                     4 MPH, BECOMING UP SLOPE 2 TO 7 MPH GUSTS TO
                     12 MPH. BY 1500, VALLEY WIND BECOMING SOUTH
                     2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    CONFLUENCE OF BIG CREEK AND MIDDLE FORK SALMON
                     DOWN RIVER 1 TO 5 MPH, BY 1100 BECOMING
                     VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH.  BY 1500 BECOMING
                     NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.
                    UPPER SLOPE/RIDGE...VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH, BY
                     1100 BECOMING WEST 2 TO 7 MPH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
                     BY 1400 RIDGE WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 TO
                     12 MPH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....5000 FT ELEVATION...53.
MAX HUMIDITY........5000 FT ELEVATION...50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH GUSTS TO
                     18 MPH, BY 1900 BECOMING DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY
                     1 TO 6 MPH.
                    CONFLUENCE OF BIG CREEK AND MIDDLE FORK SALMON
                     NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH, BY 2100
                     BECOMING DOWN RIVER/DOWN SLOPE 1 TO 5 MPH.
                    UPPER SLOPE/RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH GUSTS
                     TO 22 MPH, BY 2100 DECREASING TO 2 TO 7 MPH
                     GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....5000 FT ELEVATION...94.
MIN HUMIDITY........5000 FT ELEVATION...8 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........MID-SLOPE/VALLEY...DOWN VALLEY/DOWN SLOPE 1 TO
                     4 MPH, BECOMING UPSLOPE 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO
                     14 MPH. BY 1500, VALLEY WIND BECOMING SOUTH
                     2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.
                    CONFLUENCE OF BIG CREEK AND MIDDLE FORK SALMON
                     DOWN RIVER 1 TO 5 MPH, BY 1000 BECOMING
                     VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH. BY 1400 CONFLUENCE WIND
                     BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.
                    UPPER SLOPE/RIDGE...VARIABLE UP TO 4 MPH, BY
                     1100 BECOMING NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH GUSTS TO
                     12 MPH.
CWR.................ZERO.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS
4 TO 12 MPH.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS
4 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MESSICK
REQUESTED BY...BEN NEWBURN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130718.PAPOO.01/PIH