


Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
327 FXUS65 KBOI 272050 AFDBOI Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 250 PM MDT Wed Aug 27 2025 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Friday night... A very moist airmass remains over the forecast area but drier air is starting to make it`s way into eastern Oregon. Thunderstorms are developing again with daytime heating and increased atmospheric instability. Greatest potential for heavy rain is across SW Idaho and will let the flash flood watch continue for Idaho zones into this evening. Less storm coverage and increased storm motion has diminished the flash flood threat enough across eastern Oregon to cancel the watch for that area. Showers and thunderstorms will diminish tonight as an elongated shortwave trough axis extending from the central mountains west along the OR/WA border lifts north. Still a chance (20-30%) of showers and thunderstorms Thursday and Friday along the Nevada border as an upper level ridge builds over the area. Otherwise, dry conditions will prevail and temperatures will trend up to around seasonal normals. .LONG TERM...Saturday through Wednesday...A broad upper ridge over the southwest United States will build north over Idaho Saturday through Monday, bringing a slight warming trend over the weekend. Lower valley daytime high temperatures will be in the upper 80s and lower 90s throughout the extended forecast period. There is better long-range guidance agreement on an upper low off the Pacific Northwest coast taking an odd wobbling and quasi-stationary behavior. The system is projected to stall off the coast of British Columbia and Washington. For now, a chance(20-30%) of afternoon/evening showers/thunderstorms remains in the forecast for eastern fringes of the forecast area and along the Nevada border. Otherwise dry conditions will prevail. && .AVIATION...Moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening. Greatest coverage across SW Idaho. Showers diminishing after sunset. Outflow gusts to 25-35 kt, heavy rain, MVFR to local IFR conditions and mtn obscuration in heavy rain. Visibility reductions near mtn wildfires. Localized MVFR/IFR due to fog in valleys late tonight and early Thursday morning. Surface winds: W-NW 5-15 kt becoming variable 10 kts of less after sunset. Winds aloft at 10kft MSL: W-NW 15-25 Kts. KBOI...Mainly VFR. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the area through sunset. Moderate to heavy rain with showers and storms with gusty outflow winds 25-35 kt. Patchy fog late tonight and Thursday morning with a 20-30% chance of impacting the terminal. Surface winds: west-northwest 10 kt or less through sunset, then E-SE 5 kts or less. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...Flash Flood Watch until midnight MDT tonight IDZ011>016-028>030-033. OR...None. && $$ www.weather.gov/Boise Interact with us via social media: www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.x.com/NWSBoise SHORT TERM...TL LONG TERM....TL AVIATION.....TL