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SPOT FORECAST FOR THUNDER CITY FIRE...PAYETTE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
452 PM MDT SUN AUG 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1559 MDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOONN...
...WARMER AND DRIER TUESDAY...
...POSSIBLY UNSETTLED WITH A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS WEEK...

.DISCUSSION...
WITH AN EXCEPTION OF A PASSING UPPER DISTUBANCE MONDAY...THE NORTH
FLANK OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
OVER THE STIBNITE AND THUNDER CITY FIRE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY
OR THURSDAY. THE PASSING DISTUBANCE WILL BRING A LITTLE MORE WIND
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY. THEN IT WILL BE
WARMER AND DRY TUESDAY THROUGH MID-WEEK MUCH LIKE IT WAS TODAY.
AN UPPER LOW OFFSHORE WILL NUDGE INLAND SOMEWHAT FOR LATE
WEEK...RESULTING IN MOIST SOUTH FLOW FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
AND ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE THUNDER CITY FIRE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42 TO 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 TO 60 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. RIDGES...
                    NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
LAL.................1.
CWR /0.10 INCH/.....0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...25 POOR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 TO 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 23 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH BY NOON. RIDGES WEST 5 TO 9 MPH
                    GUSTS UP TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
LAL.................3.
CWR /0.10 INCH/.....0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1000 EXCELLENT.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH. RIDGES
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
LAL.................3.
CWR /0.10 INCH/.....0.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...50 POOR.

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FORECASTER...MILLS
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS CHURCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130804.THUND.01/BOI