FNUS75 KBOI 152322
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSHOPPER...BOISE BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
522 PM MDT WED AUG 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1643 MDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REBUILDS OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO.
SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE TRANSPORTED NORTH TOWARD
THE NEVADA BORDER BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THE THREAT OF
CONVECTION IN THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE LOOKS MINIMAL AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS /FROM
THUNDERSTORMS FARTHER SOUTH OF THE FIRE/ ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
EVENING. POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58 TO 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........30 TO 36 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 4 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY WITH
                    SOME MID-LEVEL CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91 TO 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57 TO 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........33 TO 42 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.


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FORECASTER...THIMMESCH
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120815.GRASS.01/BOI