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FNUS75 KBOI 231157
FWSBOI
SPOT FORECAST FOR WAPITI WILDFIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
557 AM MDT WED OCT 23 2024
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START 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, BREEZY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON, AND PRECIPITATION
THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN AROUND 2000 MDT, LIKELY
SHIFTING OVER TO SNOW BY 2200 MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN
END BY 0200 MDT, WITH AROUND 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW MELTING BY THE
LATE MORNING. HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
LIKELY ABOVE 7500 FEET. RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY WILL BE AROUND
0.10-0.20 INCHES OF RAIN BY THE LATE EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
THEN RETURN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM
MOVING IN LATE SUNDAY.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 TO 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 43 PERCENT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND - 20 FOOT......SOUTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 22
MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
VENTILATION INDEX...300 FAIR.
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP
TO 1-3 INCHES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....20 TO 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 TO 99 PERCENT.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW.
VENTILATION INDEX...0 POOR.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38 TO 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 TO 47 PERCENT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHWEST UP TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.
VENTILATION INDEX...25 POOR.
FORECASTER...ADAMS
REQUESTED BY...COLE MOORE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2424687.0/BOI
.DELDT 10/23/24
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL COLE.MOORE@USDA.GOV
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