231 FXUS65 KBOI 082035 AFDBOIArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 235 PM MDT Mon Sep 8 2025
.SHORT TERM...Tonight through Wednesday night...A slow moving closed low will increase the chance of precipitation, including afternoon thunderstorms, as it tracks across Oregon Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, the focus of development will be across higher terrain in the w-central Idaho mtns while a dry slot to the west minimizes development across SE Oregon. By Wednesday afternoon the mid-level circulation is expected to reach SE Oregon. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to precede the low center, developing across s-central ID and the w-central ID mtns while an area of precipitation sets up under the low center across SE Oregon (Harney/Malheur counties). Precipitable water values reach 0.75-1" by Wednesday, increasing the potential for locally heavy rainfall (as outlined by the Marginal Risk in WPC`s Excessive Rainfall Outlook). Across portions of SW Idaho these amounts could come quickly from thunderstorms, while a period of steady moderate to locally heavy rainfall and embedded thunderstorms would add up on a longer timescale in SE Oregon zones. While the thunderstorm environment is looking favorable across SW Idaho from the west- central Idaho mtns through the Treasure Valley and western Magic Valley to the ID/NV line it is highly dependent on the timing/track of the closed low and accompanying cloud cover so uncertainty remains. Temperatures are near normal on Tuesday (low 80s in the valleys), dropping to 5-10 degrees below normal on Wednesday.
.LONG TERM...Thursday through Monday...The upper low/trough will be slow to move across the area Thursday and Friday. Precipitation chances are fairly high (40-70 percent) Thursday, then decrease on Friday (30-60 percent). Thunderstorm chances are about 15-20 percent each day. Drier and a little warmer conditions on Saturday in between systems. Models bring another trough through the area on Sunday and Monday with slightly cooler temperatures and a chance (20- 40 percent) of precipitation. Temperatures will be around 10 degrees below normal on Thursday and Friday, warming to near normal by Saturday, then 2-5 degrees below normal Sunday and Monday.
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.AVIATION...VFR. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in mtns NW of KBKE KBNO through 02Z this evening. Surface winds: NW-SW 5-15kt with local gusts to 25 kt in SE Oregon (mainly KBKE- KONO after 03Z). Tuesday will see afternoon thunderstorm development over the w-central ID mtns. Winds aloft at 10kft MSL: SW 5-15kt.
KBOI...VFR. N-NW surface winds gusty at times, becoming light and variable after sunset.
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.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None.
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