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FWSBOI

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1511 MDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LATEST OBSERVATION NOTED...

...MUCH DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE FIRE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
MUCH DRIER AIR HAS FILTERS INTO THE REGION FROM NORTHERN EASTERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS HAS LOWERED THE DEWPOINTS TO THE WEST OF THE FIRE INTO THE 20S AND ALLOWED
FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. THIS HAS ALSO ALLOWED THE
AIRMASS TO STABILIZE AND WILL REMAIN SO THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING...CLEARING AFTER SUNSET.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55 TO 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........39 TO 47 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH. EVENING GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 TO 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 TO 17 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...REDMAN
REQUESTED BY...FIRE IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110801.SANDS.02/BOI