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FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR COPPER FIRE...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1021 AM MDT TUE AUG 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0936 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS LARGE POLE RAWS AND MCCALL THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS ARE
POSSIBLE BY TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FIRE REGION
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...THEN
                    NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....CALM WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO
                    5 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1200 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 TO 93 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWN DRAINAGE 1 TO 3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...20 POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT AND VARIABLE 3 TO 4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...500 GOOD.

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FORECASTER...REDMAN
REQUESTED BY...JEAN GALLAGHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100810.COPPE.01/BOI