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FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAUSERICA...BURNS BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1206 PM MDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1125 MDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...INCREASING WINDS TODAY AND FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT...
...GUSTY POST-FRONTAL WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING WINDS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM
THE NORTHWEST. FRONT TIMED TO MOVE INTO THE BURN AREA BETWEEN 9 PM PDT
AND MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT. EXPECT GUSTY WEST WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE
FRONT. COOLER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT GUSTY
WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS AND
HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR RED FLAG THRESHOLDS DURING DAYLIGHT WEDNESDAY.
THU AND FRI...PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN BY MID-DAY THURSDAY AND WIND
SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TO GUSTS TO 15 MPH THURSDAY AND 20 MPH FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79 TO 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 TO 16 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE 6 TO 9 MPH THROUGH 1 PM PDT...THEN WEST
                    8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1 PM.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...750 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43 TO 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 TO 55 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....WEST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
                    WINDS MAY INCREASE /GUSTS TO 35 MPH/ BETWEEN
                    9 PM PDT AND MIDNIGHT PDT DUE TO FRONTAL PASSAGE.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...150 POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 TO 22 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1125 EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...THIMMESCH
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT IC - BURNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110830.LAUSE.01/BOI