FNUS75 KBOI 081846
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARBLE FIRE...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1246 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1220 MDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN OREGON WILL DRIFT OVER THE
FIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON HELPING TO TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PAYETTE FOREST. A SECONDARY DISTURBANCE
JUST NOW MOVING INLAND WILL HELP KEEP THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNRISE TUESDAY. SOME RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AT YOUR ELEVATION. OTHERWISE
A WEAK DRY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING
AN INCREASE IN WINDS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 15 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    POSSIBLE FROM THE WEST. STRONGER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 TO 84 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 3 MPH. GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.

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FORECASTER...REDMAN
REQUESTED BY...PAYETTE DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110808.MARBL.01/BOI