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SPOT FORECAST FOR COOKHOUSE...USFS PAYETTE FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
111 PM MDT SUN AUG 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1217 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY...


.DISCUSSION...A WEAK TROUGH OVER OREGON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
EASTWARD INTO IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING DRIER
CONDITIONS TO THE BURN AREA...AND INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS
WEST OF BOISE AND MCCALL. THEREFORE...WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A DEEP
TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79 TO 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 22 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH THROUGH 3 PM MDT...
                    THEN SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH AFTER 3 PM.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1500 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52 TO 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 68 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...75 POOR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TO 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 TO 33 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....EAST AROUND 3 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1575 EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...THIMMESCH
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100808.COOKH.01/BOI