FNUS75 KPIH 131128 FWSPIH SPOT FORECAST FOR PAPOOSE...BLM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 528 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0355 MDT ON AUGUST 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SWEEP OVER THE FIRE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-91 AT 3500 MSL 72-76 AT 7500 MSL. MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL 19-23 PERCENT AT 7500 MSL. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK UNTIL 1000 MDT THEN BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH ACROSS MID AND UPPER SLOPES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................24 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................4. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........DECREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58. MAX HUMIDITY........48-58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........DOWNCANYON 5 TO 15 MPH DEVELOPING IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE MIDDLE FORK AROUND MIDNIGHT. DOWNSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH DEVELOPING NEAR MID SLOPE WITH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH ACROSS EXPOSED RIDGES OVERNIGHT. CWR.................11 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................2...THEN 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94 AT 3500 MSL 77-81 AT 7500 MSL. MIN HUMIDITY........12-16 PERCENT AT 3500 MSL 15-19 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. WEST WINDS 4 TO 12 MPH ACROSS MID AND UPPER SLOPES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4. LAL.................1. $$ FORECASTER...HUSTON REQUESTED BY...HULL TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130813.PAPOO.01/PIH