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FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR PATRICK BUTTE...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1151 AM MDT TUE MAR 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 MDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

......UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE WARM BUT SHOWERY...

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION IS BEING UNDERCUT
BY A CURRENT OF MOIST AIR ALOFT. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY WITH A WETTING RAIN
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN UPSLOPE AND UPVALLEY WIND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
BURN PERIODS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...125 POOR.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30 TO 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 TO 90 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...5 POOR.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48 TO 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 TO 55 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...350 FAIR.

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FORECASTER...DECKER
REQUESTED BY...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130326.PATRI.02/BOI