Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
151 FXUS65 KBOI 140354 AFDBOI Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 854 PM MST Thu Nov 13 2025 .DISCUSSION...Light rain continues across much of the area this evening ahead of a slow moving upper level trough and cold front. Overall, rain amounts have been light so far, with the highest amounts seen in southeast Oregon and Central Idaho Mountains between 0.05 and 0.10 inch. Areas southeast of a Rome Boise Stanley line will see little if any precipitation this evening. However, chances will increase Friday morning as the trough moves across southwest Idaho. Snow levels remain quite high for this system, between 8000 to 10,000 feet tonight, lowering to 7000 to 9000 feet Friday afternoon. Fog is possible across southeast Oregon towards sunrise as skies clear behind the exiting trough. Showers will linger into early Friday afternoon across the Central Idaho Mountains. The upper level low center off the coast of California this evening will push inland across central California into Nevada on Saturday, spreading clouds and showers from south to north Saturday night. Forecasts have been updated to match current radar and precipitation trends this evening. && .AVIATION...Mostly VFR. Scattered rain showers north/west of a KREO-KMUO-KSNT line this evening spreading southeast of that line late Friday morning. Mountain obscuration in precip and low clouds this evening. LLWS possible overnight. Surface winds S-E 5-15 kt. Winds aloft at 10kft MSL: 25-35 kt, highest in E-Oregon. KBOI...VFR. Light rain through Friday morning. Skies clearing Friday afternoon. Surface winds: SE 5-15 kt. Weekend Outlook...Patchy fog Saturday morning, otherwise VFR. Increasing clouds late Saturday with showers developing Sunday morning, expect mountain obscuration Sunday. Snow levels around 7-8kft MSL. Surface Winds: Variable up to 10 kt Saturday, SW-SE 5-15 kt Sunday. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday night... Pacific cold front will move across our CWA overnight and Friday morning with light to moderate rain in northern mountains and light rain elsewhere. Temps will stay mild with lows in the upper 30s through 40s, with snow level above 8000 feet MSL. Not much thermal contrast across the front, so Friday will be only a few degrees cooler than today. Friday night will be colder than tonight as skies clear, with lows 25 to 32 in the mountains and mid 30s to lower 40s in the valleys. Patchy fog will form in the valleys early Saturday morning. Pacific upper low will move southward off the California coast Friday, then inland across southern California Friday night and Saturday, then northeastward Into Nevada Saturday night, leading to light rain in our southern CWA zones by sunrise Sunday. LONG TERM...Sunday through Thursday... Unsettled weather returns after Saturdays lull in activity. A trough digging down from the Gulf of Alaska will steer the SoCal closed low over our area come Sunday, bringing widespread showers across our area. Snow levels will remain at around 6-7 kft MSL through Sunday. Precipitation will continue through Monday as the Gulf of Alaska trough makes its way inland. This trough will bring a cold front through sometime Monday/Tuesday and lower snow levels to 3.5-4.5 kft MSL. As this system departs Wednesday, precipitation chances across the area will begin to taper off ahead of the next system set to come in mid-late next week. In general, expect cool and unsettled conditions through the long term. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None. && $$ www.weather.gov/Boise Interact with us via social media: www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.x.com/NWSBoise DISCUSSION...JDS AVIATION.....JDS SHORT TERM...LC LONG TERM....NF