FNUS75 KBOI 211323
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROADSIDE...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
723 AM MDT SAT JUL 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0708 MDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY...
...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE AREA WITH AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES IN THE MID TEENS AND HIGHS AROUND 90.  IT WILL BE ABOUT
2 TO 4 DEGREES HOTTER ON SUNDAY AND ALSO VERY DRY. LIMITED MONSOON
MOISTURE WILL PUSH UP FROM THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY BUT BE MAINLY EAST
OF THE FIRE. NEVERTHELESS...YOU CANNOT RULE OUT A WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE
SOUTH AND GUST UP TO 20 MPH. NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89 TO 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 TO 18 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...475 FAIR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64 TO 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........36 TO 56 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...60 POOR.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS JUST OFF
                    TO THE EAST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94 TO 100. HOTTER.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 TO 17 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1200 EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...SKARI
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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