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FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSHOPPER...BOISE BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
206 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1351 MDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...HIGH HAINES INDEX OF 6 TODAY FOR DRY AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED THERMAL TROUGH AT
THE SURFACE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW
MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO KICK OFF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY.
LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN EFFECTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93 TO 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........5 TO 8 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........26 TO 32 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....WEST 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87 TO 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...DECKER
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120818.GRASS.01/BOI