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FXUS65 KBOI 252040
AFDBOI
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
240 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- NEAR-RECORD TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO WITH
SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL OREGON AND THE WEST-
CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS TODAY.
- GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER ALONG WITH LOCAL BLOWING DUST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OREGON
AND NEAR THE IDAHO-NEVADA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON.
- A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT
AND USHER IN COOLER WEATHER FOR THURSDAY.
- AFTER A WARM AND DRY WEEKEND, A COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER
PATTERN SETS UP FOR NEXT WEEK WITH SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWS
POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/
BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A DRY
COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WEST CENTRAL
ID MOUNTAINS AND BAKER COUNTY MOUNTAINS WITH THIS SYSTEM.
CONDITIONS DRY OUT ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH BREEZY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES
ON THURSDAY WILL BE 15-20 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAYS HIGHS. ON
FRIDAY, A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA, SHIFTING
THE WINDS TO EAST-SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES REBOUND AROUND 5-10
DEGREES.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST NEXT WEEKEND WITH WARM
SOUTHERLY FLOW UNDERNEATH AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WHILE
STILL ABOVE NORMAL, TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A FEW DEGREES MONDAY
AS THE RIDGE GETS PUSHED EAST AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM.
AN UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL MANIFEST COME LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY, AS A TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSS OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING PRECIPITATION
CHANCES MONDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL
TUESDAY AND BEYOND, WITH ELEVATED PRECIPITATION CHANCES (30-80%)
AS TROUGHING STICKS AROUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.
BREEZY TO GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO STICK AROUND FOLLOWING THE
INITIAL COLD FRONT LATE MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY.
AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
ISSUED 1217 AM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
GENERALLY VFR WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WITH BRIEF MVFR
CONDITIONS NEAR KBKE/KMYL. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN SE-
OREGON/NEAR THE ID/NV BORDER WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS WED/PM. SURFACE WINDS: SW-NW 10-20 KT WITH GUSTS UP
TO 30 KT WED/PM. BECOMING NW 15-25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 20-40 KT
BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE EVENING/OVERNIGHT. WINDS DECREASING BY
LATE WED/AM. WINDS ALOFT AT 10 KFT MSL: W-SW 25-35 KT.
KBOI...VFR. SURFACE WINDS BECOMING NW 10-15 KT THIS AFTERNOON.
THEN NW 15-20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AFTER THU/04Z FOLLOWING
A COLD FRONT. WINDS DECREASING TO NW 10-15 KT BY EARLY THU/PM.
BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...NONE.
OR...NONE.
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SHORT TERM...KA
LONG TERM....NF
AVIATION.....NF
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