Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
816 FXUS65 KBOI 190942 AFDBOI Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 342 AM MDT Thu Sep 19 2024 .SHORT TERM...Today through Saturday night...We`ll start of a prolonged stretch of dry weather under light flow aloft. A closed low working through the Desert SW will support afternoon clouds and possibly a shower along the ID/NV border today, otherwise mostly clear skies and seasonable temperatures will prevail into the weekend. An uptick in W-NW flow aloft Friday and Saturday will bring increased winds to open terrain (gusts to 20 mph in spots) each afternoon. .LONG TERM...Sunday through Thursday...The dry conditions continue into next week. Monday starts off with more cloud cover as a passing trough digs towards the Four Corners. Models are in agreement that the Intermountain NW will warm up through mid- week in response to a building upper ridge. This will push temperatures above normal as lower elevations reach the low 80s. Agreement in the 00Z operational models falls off beyond Wednesday with the ensemble mean favoring a continuation of warm and dry weather under a ridge of high pressure. && .AVIATION...VFR. Patchy fog in mtn valleys through 16Z this morning. Surface winds: less than 10kt. Winds at 10kft: variable 5-15 kt. KBOI...VFR. Surface winds less than 10 kt. Weekend Outlook...VFR with periods of high clouds. Afternoon surface winds W-NW 5 to 15 kt. Winds aloft W-NW 10 to 20 kt. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None. && $$ www.weather.gov/Boise Interact with us via social media: www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.twitter.com/NWSBoise SHORT TERM...DG LONG TERM....DG AVIATION.....DG