889  
FNUS75 KBOI 231143  
FWSBOI  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD RX- RUFFIN B2...USFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID  
543 AM MDT WED OCT 23 2024  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 MDT ON OCTOBER 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (208)334-9060, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
..COLD FRONT PASSAGE TONIGHT WITH RAIN TURNING TO SNOW BY MORNING
 
   
..BRIEF GUSTY RIDGETOP WINDS DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE
 
 
   
..DISCUSSION
 
 
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING, BRINGING MUCH COLDER  
TEMPERATURES, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AROUND 2000-2300 MDT, AND  
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN AROUND 1600 MDT,  
LIKELY SHIFTING OVER TO SNOW BY 0100 MDT THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW  
WILL THEN END BY 0400 MDT, WITH MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS MELTING BY  
THE LATE MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY WILL BE AROUND 0.05-0.10  
INCHES OF RAIN BY THE EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS WILL THEN RETURN  
LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING IN LATE  
SUNDAY.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 90  
PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47 TO 54.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 TO 54 PERCENT.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.  
VENTILATION INDEX...350 FAIR.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO SNOW LATE.  
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....24 TO 29.  
MAX HUMIDITY........84 TO 94 PERCENT.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO 25 MPH  
AROUND 2100-2300 MDT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW.  
VENTILATION INDEX...20 POOR.  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 TO 48.  
MIN HUMIDITY........53 TO 58 PERCENT.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
LAL.................1.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING  
TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.  
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.  
VENTILATION INDEX...125 POOR.  
 

 
FORECASTER...ADAMS  
REQUESTED BY...DAN WOLF  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2424550.2/BOI  
.DELDT 10/23/24  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL DANIEL.WOLF@USDA.GOV,JONATHAN.MILLER@USDA.GOV  
 
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