FNUS75 KBOI 041231
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR OWYHEE...OTHER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
631 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0616 MDT ON JULY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON COULD BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF ERRATIC WINDS TO THE FIRE LATE TODAY...
...NOT AS HOT BUT STILL DRY...

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS FROM DECAYED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE FIRE WILL COMBINE
WITH UP SLOPE ALONG THE OWYHEE RIVER FOR NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6
MPH THIS MORNING. BY AFTERNOON UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
IN STEEPER TERRAIN WITH OPEN AREAS SEEING WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST
AT 4 TO 7 MPH. AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH RIDGES ARE EXPECTED
DUE TO THE THERMAL AXIS WELL EAST OF THE FIRE. ERRATIC WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE TODAY FROM DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF
THE FIRE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THEN MOSTLY
                    SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94 TO 99.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 TO 18 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH ALONG THE
                    OWYHEE RIVER THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON...
                    UPVALLEY/UPSLOPE EXCEPT EXPOSED AREAS WINDS
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH...GUSTS UP TO
                    20 MPH RIDGES.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......11000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1650 EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...MILLS
REQUESTED BY...VALERIE FOR DON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130704.OWYHE.01/BOI