FNUS75 KBOI 021605
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR WARM SPRINGS RX...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1005 AM MDT MON MAY 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 MDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
...COLD FRONT EXPECTED AROUND SUNSET...

.DISCUSSION...
A BRIEF UPPER RIDGE ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BRING
GENERALLY LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS THIS MORNING SHIFTING TO AN
SOUTHERLY OR UP VALLEY WIND AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE
REGION. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE BURN UNIT AROUND
SUNSET TONIGHT. PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS
AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY WARMER TODAY THEN TEMPERATURES DROP ABOUT 10 DEGREES
FOR TUESDAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH MAINLY THIN HIGH CLOUDS THEN BECOMING
                    CLOUDY BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIDELY
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 TO 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 TO 30 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE WIND 3 TO 5 MPH THIS MORNING SHIFTING THE UP VALLEY
                    8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AROUND NOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1200 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 TO 100 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH. GUSTS
                    DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...25 POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...500 GOOD.

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FORECASTER...REDMAN
REQUESTED BY...ANN NICHOLSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110502.WARMS.01/BOI