FNUS75 KPIH 091140
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAPOOSE...CIIFC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
540 AM MDT FRI AUG 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0322 MDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED ALONG THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY
OUTFLOW WINDS AND UPWARDS OF 0.15 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION OVER OR
NEAR THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL
WORK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AS THE LOW LIFTS NORTH ALONG THE
OREGON COAST. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY AS THE DRIER
AIRMASS WORKS INTO THE REGION SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........VARIABLE CLOUDINESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94 AT 3500 MSL...77-80 AT 7500 MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 TO 13 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL
                    11 TO 15 PERCENT AT 7500 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON WINDS AT STRONG AS 6 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH 0800 MDT IN THE
                    LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK. UPSLOPE
                    WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BEGINNING AT MID-SLOPE BY
                    1000 MDT ON EAST FACING ASPECTS. EAST WINDS
                    6 TO 12 MPH OVER UPPER SLOPES AND RIDGE THIS
                    MORNING THEN INCREASING AND BECOMING
                    SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
                    WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................3 TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........35 TO 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TO 15 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS
                    THROUGH 2200 MDT THEN SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS DEVELOPING AFTER
                    2100 MDT AND INCREASING TO 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK BY MORNING.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................3 THEN 2.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95 AT 3500 MSL...78-82 AT 7500 MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........6 TO 10 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL
                    7 TO 12 PERCENT AT 7500 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH ON UPPER SLOPES
                    AND RIDGES BY AFTERNOON. VARIABLE CANYON WINDS
                    6 TO 12 MPH WITHIN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE
                    MIDDLE FORK AFTER 1000 MDT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................2 IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$
FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...KENDRA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130809.PAPOO.01/PIH