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FWSBOI

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE...BOF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
940 AM MDT SUN AUG 11 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0913 MDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE
RIDGE FIRE AFTER NOON AND MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE FIRE. A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS APPLIES TO THE
NORTHERN PORTION BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...MAINLY NORTH OF WHERE THE RIDGE
FIRE IS BURNING. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP NEAR THE
RIDGE FIRE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO 40 MPH.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE RIDGE TOPS OF 8 TO 12 MPH
GUSTING TO 19 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AFTER MIDNIGHT.  THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY STILL CARRIES A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.  DENSE SMOKE FROM FIRES LOCATED FURTHER
SOUTH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE RIDGE BURN AREA THROUGH MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73 TO 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........12 TO 16 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHERLY 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
                    GUSTS TO 19 MPH.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR ISOLATED
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEARING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 TO 48 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST UP TO 4 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 TO 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 TO 23 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHERLY 8 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS
                    TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...BREIDENBACH
REQUESTED BY...WILL BRIGGS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130811.RIDGE.01/BOI