FNUS75 KPIH 300127
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR FALLS...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
727 PM MDT MON JUL 29 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1845 MDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG WEST WINDS CONTINUED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING SYSTEM THAT HAS
SINCE SHIFTED INTO THE DAKOTAS. LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED
TUESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OFF THE OREGON COAST
AND YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE LIFTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH A RED FLAG WARNING HAS NOT YET BEEN
ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ONE WILL LIKELY BE FOLLOWING LATER
THIS EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY LATE TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-51 AT 7200 MSL.
MAX HUMIDITY........POOR RECOVERY 23-33 PERCENT OVERNIGHT AT 7200 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
                    THROUGH 2200 MDT THIS EVENING. MODELS SUGGEST
                    THAT THERMAL BELT WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7500 MSL
                    OVERNIGHT THUS EXPECT DECREASING WINDS THROUGH
                    MIDNIGHT BELOW 7500 MSL DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    4 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ABOVE THE THERMAL
                    BELT EXPECT ONGOING WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO
                    15 MPH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000-7500 FT MSL.
MIXING WINDS........BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY UNDER THE THERMAL
                    BELT...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
                    MAINLY SOUTH OF THE FIRE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81 AT 7200 MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 TO 15 PERCENT AT 7200 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 8 MPH BELOW THE THERMAL
                    BELT IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST-SOUTHWEST 8
                    TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER 1200 MDT.
                    ABOVE THE THERMAL BELT EXPECT WEST-SOUTHWEST
                    WINDS UP TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    AFTER 1000 MDT SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER 1300 MDT.
CWR.................5 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......16700 FT MSL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1...THEN 2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...FALLS IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130729.FALLS.01/PIH