FNUS75 KBOI 011544
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND SPRINGS...VALE BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
944 AM MDT MON AUG 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0827 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
...DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THROUGH MID WEEK...

.DISCUSSION...
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. HIGHER
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN VALE DISTRICT THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY EARLY EVENING WITH DRIER AIR MOVING
INTO SOUTHEAST OREGON OVERNIGHT. DRIER AIR AND LIGHT WINDS SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86 TO 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......13500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1350 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55 TO 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...45 POOR.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86 TO 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...2325 EXCELLENT.

$$
FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...FIRE IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110801.SANDS.01/BOI