010  
FNUS75 KBOI 181039  
FWSBOI  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN...SOUTH IDAHO  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID  
439 AM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0600 MDT ON SEPTEMBER 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (208)334-9060, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
..FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR LIGHTNING
 
   
..SHOWERS CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
 
   
..WARMING TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
RAIN SHOWERS REMAIN IN THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST SHOWERS WILL  
OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND  
LIGHTNING. WHILE STORMS DISSIPATE FRIDAY NIGHT, RAIN SHOWERS  
REMAIN THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH, COOLER TEMPERATURES  
TODAY AND TOMORROW PROMOTE HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE  
AFTERNOONS AND GOOD RH RECOVERY EACH MORNING. SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY  
NEXT WEEK WARMING AND DRYING  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 TO 59.  
MIN HUMIDITY........48 TO 57 PERCENT.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTH 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
VENTILATION INDEX...450 FAIR.  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20  
PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41 TO 46.  
MAX HUMIDITY........76 TO 81 PERCENT.  
CWR.................10 PERCENT.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS  
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.  
VENTILATION INDEX...5 POOR.  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN  
SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60  
PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 TO 59.  
MIN HUMIDITY........49 TO 58 PERCENT.  
CWR.................30 PERCENT.  
WIND - 20 FOOT......NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING  
TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.  
VENTILATION INDEX...450 FAIR.  
 

 
FORECASTER...MACFARLANE  
REQUESTED BY...MIKE DANAHY  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
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