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SPOT FORECAST FOR COUGAR  51...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
342 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON OCTOBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...COLD WEATHER WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES SUNDAY...
...WET AND MILDER NEXT WEEK...


.DISCUSSION...A MODIFIED ARCTIC FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NEVADA BORDER
TONIGHT WITH LOW PRESSURE FORMING ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY. INCREASING
WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO.
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THEN SLOWLY RISE
INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN SUNNY BY
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....30 TO 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 TO 43 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING TO 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT RIDGETOP LEVEL.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...825 EXCELLENT.


.SUNDAY NIGHT,..

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....8 TO 15.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 TO 85 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......580 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...29 POOR.


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FORECASTER...SKARI
REQUESTED BY...TODD ZUMHOFE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091011.COUGA.01/BOI