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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
228 PM MST MON FEB 23 2026 /128 PM PST MON FEB 23 2026/
…UPCOMING CHANGES TO THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE, IDAHO ON MARCH 2, 2026…
BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN BOISE, IDAHO, WILL BE MAKING THREE CHANGES TO
THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION PRODUCT. THESE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT
WITH LARGE-SCALE INITIATIVES WITHIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TO IMPROVE WEATHER IMPACTS COMMUNICATIONS AND ALIGN WITH CHANGES
TO OPERATIONAL WORKFLOWS.
* A NEW SECTION CALLED “KEY MESSAGES” WILL BE INCLUDED AT THE TOP
OF THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION (AFDBOI) PRODUCT. SIMPLE,
PLAIN- LANGUAGE MESSAGES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY IMPACTS DURING
THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE COMMUNICATED IN THIS SECTION, TO
ALLOW FOR A QUICK OVERVIEW BY THE READER.
* MANDATORY UPDATES TO THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM FORECAST
DISCUSSION WITHIN THE AFD WILL BE MADE TWO TIMES PER DAY, BY
3:30 AM AND 2:45 PM MST/MDT, OR 2:30 AM AND 1:45 PM PST/PDT.
NON-ROUTINE UPDATES WILL BE MADE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
LATE EVENING ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS WHEN THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST, OR SHORT-TERM WEATHER IMPACTS ARE
RAPIDLY EVOLVING.
* ISSUANCE TIMES FOR THE AVIATION DISCUSSION WITHIN THE AFD WILL
NOW BE TIED TO THE TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST PACKAGES FOUR
TIMES PER DAY. THE UPDATE TIMES FOR THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE AT
OR AROUND 00:00 UTC, 06:00 UTC, 12:00 UTC, AND 18:00 UTC. NEW
ISSUANCE OF AN AVIATION DISCUSSION WILL BE DENOTED BY THE TAG
“.UPDATE…UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION” AT THE TOP OF THE AFD
PRODUCT. THE UPDATE TIME WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE AVIATION
HEADER, DENOTED BY “.AVIATION...UPDATED AT XX:XXZ / XX:XX MST /
XX:XX PST.”
FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
JAY BREIDENBACH
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, BOISE, IDAHO
JAY.BREIDENBACH@NOAA.GOV
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