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SPOT FORECAST FOR RIDGE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
438 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2322 MDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS TWO WEAK
DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS IDAHO TODAY. MAIN STORM THREAT
WILL BE ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. STORMS WILL BRING SOME
RAINFALL...BUT CHANCES OF WETTING RAIN REMAIN LOW. WARMER AND
DRIER ON WEDNESDAY UNDER DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. NEXT
PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WHEN A DRY COLD
FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IDAHO. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS WITH
THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 TO 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN UPSLOPE
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 15 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50 TO 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....UPSLOPE 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN DOWNSLOPE
                    2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY
                    PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 TO 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 TO 21 PERCENT.
WIND - EYE LEVEL....DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN UPSLOPE
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...THIMMESCH
REQUESTED BY...REBECCA SWENSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130812.RIDGE.01/BOI