FNUS75 KBOI 050219
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONE PINE...USFS PAYETTE FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
819 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1949 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...TURNING HOTTER STARTING THURSDAY...
...DIURNAL UPSLOPE WINDS...

.DISCUSSION...THE LONE PINE FIRE IS POSITIONED BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OFF
THE COAST AND INTENSE HOT HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES. STARTING
THURSDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO NUDGE WEST AND NORTHWARD
TOWARD IDAHO WITH TEMPERATURES TURNING HOTTER. AT THE SAME TIME...AN AREA
OF MONSOON MOISTURE IN THE MID LEVELS WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST IDAHO BEFORE TURNING EASTWARD. THIS PATTERN WILL BRING A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

.REST OF TODAY BEFORE SUNSET...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....HIGH 85 TO 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 TO 20 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UP SLOPE WEST TO NORTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH BEFORE SUNSET.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST 5  TO 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...325 FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51 TO 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........58 TO 68 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...80 POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83 TO 86 RIDGES AND 95 TO 97 VALLEYS/CANYONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 VALLEYS TO 18 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....WEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...900 EXCELLENT.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
HOT AND DRY WITH DIURNALLY DRIVEN WINDS. SOME AFTERNOON GUSTINESS AND
POSSIBLE OUTFLOWS FROM SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.  A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.


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FORECASTER...SKARI
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120704.LONEP.02/BOI