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FXUS65 KBOI 032032
AFDBOI
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
232 PM MDT THU SEP 3 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- INTERMITTENT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST OREGON AND WEST-CENTRAL IDAHO THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
- TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEK.
- COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN VARIED COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT, AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS POSITIONED OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM WEST-
CENTRAL OREGON THIS AFTERNOON WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER
WAVE OF WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT,
ALONG WITH BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS. THE FRONT WILL PUSH OUT EAST
EARLY FRIDAY, CLEARING CLOUD COVERAGE BY THE AFTERNOON. THE
RESULTING SURFACE HEATING WILL INTRODUCE WEAK DAYTIME
INSTABILITY, TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.
THE AFOREMENTIONED AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS ON FRIDAY WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ESPECIALLY OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS, ELEVATING FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL OVER
RECENT BURN SCARS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OREGON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO
MOUNTAINS, WHERE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT (INCLUDING
THE WAPITI BURN SCAR). TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS IN CORE STORM
CENTERS. PEAK TEMPERATURES THROUGH FRIDAY WILL STAY 10 TO 20
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
ON SATURDAY, THE UPPER LOW CENTER WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. WHILE LINGERING ATMOSPHERIC
MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT ONGOING SHOWER CHANCES, SPATIAL COVERAGE
WILL DECREASE AS DYNAMIC FORCING TEMPORARILY WEAKENS FROM THE
COOLER TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BEGIN A
SLIGHT RECOVERY, WARMING BACK CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES UNDER
PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
THE LARGE PACIFIC UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY STEER INLAND ONTO THE
COASTS OF WASHINGTON/OREGON ON SUNDAY AND THE LOW CORE WILL
PASS DIRECTLY OVER OUR AREA THROUGH MONDAY, RETURNING MODERATE
TO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO TRACK THE LOW STEERING MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE
MARIE INTO THE UPPER GREAT BASIN AND NEAR OUR AREA COME MONDAY.
THE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO TO
EXPERIENCE HEIGHTENED CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DROP
LOW ENOUGH OVER THE HIGHEST PEAKS FOR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX,
MAINLY ON MONDAY.
BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
DUE TO UPPER TROUGHING AND WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER. LATEST
LONG-RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ANOTHER PACIFIC UPPER LOW STEERING
INTO THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY OVER ITS MAGNITUDE AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS LATE WEEK.
FOR NOW, DRIER CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK. THE APPROACHING LOW MAY RETURN
SCATTERED PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF
PACIFIC MOISTURE STEERED INTO OUR AREA.
AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
ISSUED 1021 AM MDT THU SEP 3 2026
NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS TODAY, BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN
EVENING. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION IN HEAVIER
PRECIP. A 20-30% CHANCE OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN E OREGON
AND W-CENTRAL ID THROUGH LATE IN THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS
LOWERING TO 7500 FT MSL IN E OREGON TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS: SE-
SW 5-15 KT WITH GUSTS AROUND 20-25 KT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON,
BECOMING W-NW 10-15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT WITH FRONTAL
PASSAGE IN THE EVENING AFTER FRI/00Z. WINDS ALOFT AT 10KFT MSL:
S-SW 15-30 KT.
KBOI...GENERALLY VFR. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. THEN, CONTINUOUS RAIN THIS EVENING WITH A 20%
CHANCE OF MVFR CONDITIONS. SURFACE WINDS: E-SE 5-15 KT SHIFTING
BACK TO THE W-NW WITH GUSTS TO 20 KTS BY 01Z/FRI.
WEEKEND OUTLOOK...SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE
THE DRIEST WITH SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER,
AREAS OF FOG IS LIKELY (60% CHANCE) TO DEVELOP IN MANY VALLEY
AREAS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. SHOWERS RETURN TO MUCH
OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
OF IDAHO. W-SW SURFACE WINDS 5-15 KTS WITH GUSTS 25 KTS.
BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR IDZ011.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR IDZ013.
OR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR ORZ061>063.
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SHORT TERM...JY
LONG TERM....JY
AVIATION.....JY
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