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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAPID RIVER...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
812 PM MDT TUE APR 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 MDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...LIGHT WINDS WINDS LESS THAN 4 MPH WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ONLY FAIR VENTILATION. SKIES WILL BE
MOSTLY SUNNY AROUND NOON WITHCLOUDS INCREASING LATER IN THE DAY.
LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 40 PERCENT WILL OCCUR AROUND 3 PM
AND THEN INCREASE TOWARDS EVENING. A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM PASSING NORTH
OF THE AREA WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING
HOURS. THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS BY
                    EARLY EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....49 TO 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 TO 46 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 4 MPH AT NOON BECOMING WEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH BY 3 PM. GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON NEAR RIDGE TOPS.
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...450 FAIR.

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FORECASTER...BREIDENBACH
REQUESTED BY...PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130403.RAPID.01/BOI