FNUS75 KBOI 291331
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWMAN MISC HANDPILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
631 AM MST THU NOV 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 MST ON NOVEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WET AND MILD WITH PLENTY OF RAIN ON THE WAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A POTENT EASTERN PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS SENDING WAVES OF MOISTURE
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. THE NEXT ONE COMES IN THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE
RAIN FOLLOWED BY AN EVEN STRONGER AND HEAVIER RAIN EVENT ON FRIDAY. TEMPS
WILL STAY ON THE MILD SIDE WITH THESE SYSTEMS WITH HIGH RH VALUES FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IF YOU HAD TO PICK A DRIER PERIOD OF TIME...IT
WOULD BE TODAY BEFORE DARK JUST AHEAD OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW AND
                    RAIN...MAINLY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37 TO 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........56 TO 70 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...INCREASING TO 28 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...525 GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. SNOW
                    ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29 TO 34.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 TO 100 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...120 POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100
                    PERCENT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET.
                    RAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35 TO 40.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 TO 81 PERCENT...OUTSIDE OF RAIN.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 34 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...120 POOR.

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FORECASTER...SKARI
REQUESTED BY...REBECCA SWENSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121129.LOWMA.01/BOI