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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
801 AM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0738 MDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH HAINES INDEX IN EFFECT UNTIL
   MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
A PLUME DOMINATED FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SMOKE FROM OTHER FIRES
LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE RIDGE FIRE WILL SEND THICK SMOKE OVER BURN AREA
TODAY WHICH SHOULD CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND DELAY FULL
MIXING UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.  SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON WILL GUST TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON NEAR RIDGE TOPS.
DRY WEATHER CONTINUES ON SUNDAY BUT WINDS WILL BE A BIT LIGHTER AND THE
ATMOSPHERE SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS UNSTABLE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........THICK SMOKE ALOFT...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 TO 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 TO 15 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 5 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........6 HIGH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1900 EXCELLENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........THICK SMOKE ALOFT...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........33 TO 41 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 5 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...25 POOR.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70 TO 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 TO 24 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....NORTHEAST 3 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION INDEX...1250 EXCELLENT.

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FORECASTER...BREIDENBACH
REQUESTED BY...COLIN GOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130810.RIDGE.01/BOI