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FXUS65 KBOI 040932
AFDBOI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
232 AM MST WED MAR 4 2015

.SHORT TERM...LONG WAVE RIDGE HAS RE-DEVELOPED OFF THE WEST COAST
AND WILL REMAIN THERE THE REST OF THE WEEK.  CLEAR COLD AND DRY WX
THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SUNNY WITH HIGH TEMPS MUCH LIKE THOSE ON
TUESDAY BUT WITH MUCH LESS WIND.  A FEW CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON IN
NRN-MOST ZONES AS A WEAK WAVE PASSES THROUGH.  COLD AGAIN TONIGHT
BUT 7F TO 10F WARMER HIGHS THURSDAY THAN TODAY AS NLY FLOW ALOFT
DECREASES AND BECOMES WNWLY.  ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL
BRING SOME CLOUDS TO NRN-MOST ZONES AGAIN BUT SKIES WILL BE SUNNY
ELSEWHERE.  CONTINUED DRY.  NO MORNING FOG EXPECTED TODAY OR
THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
WITH ITS AXIS REMAINING ROUGHLY OVER CALIFORNIA WILL DOMINATE THE
MID-LONG TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM TO NEAR 10 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE
SHOWING A BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE AND AN UPPER LOW MOVING IN FROM THE
PACNW NEXT WEEK. AT THIS POINT...CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN A CHANGE IN
PATTERN SO HAVE LEFT THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR. SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY 12 KTS OR LESS. WINDS ALOFT
NEAR 10K FT MSL. WINDS ALOFT NEAR 10K FT MSL...NNW 10-20 KTS.

&&

.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
OR...NONE.

&&

$$

WEATHER.GOV/BOISE

SHORT TERM...LC
LONG TERM....EP
AVIATION.....EP
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