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FXUS65 KBOI 260022
AFDBOI
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
622 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
UPDATE
UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION.
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/
ISSUED 240 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
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/
ISSUED 240 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
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 /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
ISSUED 559 PM MDT WED MAR 25 2026
GENERALLY VFR. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS WITH BRIEF MVFR OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR KBKE/KMYL UNTIL 06Z. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
IN SE OREGON/NEAR THE ID/NV BORDER WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED MVFR
CONDITIONS UNTIL AROUND 04Z. SURFACE WINDS: SW-NW 10-20 KT WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 KT BECOMING NW 15-25 KT WITH GUSTS 20-40 KT
BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SE OREGON/SW IDAHO THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS DECREASING BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. WINDS ALOFT AT 10 KFT MSL: W-SW 30-45 KT. SURFACE
WINDS SE 15 KT OR LESS FRIDAY.
KBOI...VFR. SURFACE WINDS NW 10-15 KT INCREASING TO NW 15-20 KT
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AFTER 04Z FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT. WINDS
DECREASING TO NW 10-15 KT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...NONE.
OR...NONE.
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AVIATION.....TL
SHORT TERM...KA
LONG TERM....NF
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