FNUS75 KPIH 271357
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAPOOSE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
757 AM MDT SAT JUL 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1929 MDT ON JULY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TREKKING EAST THROUGH CANADA
WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND A WIND SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST
THIS MORNING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND MID-AFTERNOON. BREEZY
WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AT ELEVATION
AND THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH THIS MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES.
                    WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10300-11300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST-NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN CLEARING OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. WINDS IN THE
                    LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK MAY DECOUPLE
                    OVERNIGHT AND BECOME DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7
                    MPH. WINDS ABOVE THE THERMAL BELT...WHICH SHOULD
                    BE MUCH LOWER TONIGHT...WILL CONTINUE WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST AT 8 TO 14 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. WIND
                    GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................7 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 7 MPH WITHIN THE MIDDLE
                    FORK IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE WEST TO NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH.
CWR.................2 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000-13000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...BEN NEWBURN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130726.PAPOO.01/PIH