FNUS75 KPIH 222301
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR LODGEPOLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
500 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1617 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY LOW RH VALUES AND STEEP TEMPERATURE LAPSE RATES
ARE KEEPING HAINES INDEX VALUES AT 5 AND 6. GUSTY WINDS ARE
ANTICIPATED IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. SMOKE COULD SETTLE IN LOW
AREAS OVERNIGHT. RH RECOVERY SUNDAY NIGHT WAS NEGLIGIBLE...AND
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... MONSOON MOISTURE
LOOKS TO RETURN TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY HELP INCREASE RH
RECOVERY AND YIELD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54 TO 60.
RH..................MAX 9 TO 14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
                    MPH UNTIL 9 PM. THEN DECREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77 TO 82.
RH..................MIN 3 TO 7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL NOON. THEN INCREASING
                    TO 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55 TO 61.
RH..................MAX 11 T0 15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AT 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    UNTIL 9 PM. THEN DECREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........6.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PADIAN/VALLE
REQUESTED BY...KEN LODA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130722.LODGE.01/PIH