FNUS75 KBOI 171605
FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGER...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1005 AM MDT WED JUL 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0932 MDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...DECREASING CLOUDS AND A LITTLE BREEZY TODAY...
...BECOMING DRY AND UNSTABLE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...

.DISCUSSION...EXPECT A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS THROUGH NOON TODAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE RANGER FIRE. DRY AIR
WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO REPLACE THAT FEATURE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM NEVADA. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
THIS MORNING WERE ACCEPTABLE THE NEXT SEVERAL MORNINGS CONDITIONS
WILL GRADUALLY WORSEN. WINDS SHOULD BE TERRAIN DRIVEN UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST
THIS MORNING BECOMING UPVALLEY SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS 15 TO 20 MILES PER
HOUR OVER ADJACENT RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON ONCE THE INVERSION DISSIPATES
BY ABOUT 1400 HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 TO 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 TO 33 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1400 HOURS WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1125 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........51 TO 76 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...50 POOR.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 TO 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 TO 22 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...425 FAIR.

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FORECASTER...DECKER
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130717.RANGE.01/BOI