FNUS75 KPIH 121048
FWSPIH

SPOT FORECAST FOR PAPOOSE...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
448 AM MDT MON AUG 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0411 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND
TUESDAY AS A BROAD AREA OF INSTABILITY REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE
REGION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS WITH AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGHOUT
                    THE DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94 AT 3500 MSL
                    77-82 AT 7500 MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL
                    16-20 PERCENT AT 7500 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE LOWER REACHES OF
                    THE MIDDLE FORK UNTIL 0900 MDT THEN BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH ACROSS MID AND UPPER
                    SLOPES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 28 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5.
LAL.................1...THEN 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH DEVELOPING AROUND
                    MIDNIGHT IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK.
                    DOWNSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DEVELOPING NEAR MID
                    SLOPE WITH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12
                    MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS EXPOSED RIDGES OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................16 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................4...THEN 2 AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDS. AREAS OF SMOKE. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95 AT 3500 MSL
                    79-84 AT 7500 MSL.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL
                    15-20 PERCENT AT 7500 MSL.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE LOWER REACHES OF
                    THE MIDDLE FORK UNTIL 0900 MDT THEN BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH ACROSS MID AND UPPER
                    SLOPES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 24 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................11 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4.
LAL.................2.

$$
FORECASTER...HUSTON
REQUESTED BY...DISP
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130812.PAPOO.01/PIH