663 FXUS65 KBOI 050906 AFDBOIArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 306 AM MDT Sun Oct 5 2025
.SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday night... Residual moisture from the departing upper system remains in place across the region, as evidenced by scattered cloud cover per IR satellite imagery. Most shower activity is occurring well to the north, associated with a weak upper impulse that will move into central/southeast Idaho later today. This will bring another round of diurnally enhanced convective showers to the central Idaho mountains, along with a 10-20% chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Boise Mountains. Otherwise, winds will once again be breezy, especially across the Snake Plain, but significantly weaker than Saturday, with gusts generally staying under 25 mph. Cooler morning temperatures will occur Monday and Tuesday, and result in some patchy frost as temperatures approach the freezing mark, especially in higher elevations of eastern Oregon and southwest Idaho. A modest warming trend begins on Tuesday with temperatures warming around 5 degrees to near seasonal normals.
.LONG TERM...Wednesday through Sunday... Broad southwesterly flow aloft will dominate mid-week and maintain warm/slightly above-normal temperatures through Friday, while conditions remain dry with typical afternoon breezes. By the weekend, an offshore upper trough will deepen significantly, and eventually accelerate inland - though the details of this evolution are still uncertain. Moisture associated with what is now Tropical Storm Priscilla off the coast of Mexico is also forecast to advect north/northeastward ahead of the deepening trough, though current forecast trajectories have the main plume positioned east of our area. Regardless, a period of more active and unsettled weather, along with a significant cooldown, still appears likely in the Saturday-Sunday time frame and beyond.
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.AVIATION...Mostly VFR. Low cloud ceilings and patchy valley fog with periods of MVFR/IFR conditions possible through mid morning near KBKE and KJER/KTWF. Isolated showers ongoing in the Western Magic Valley and higher terrain of north-central Idaho, expected to continue into this afternoon. Snow levels 6000-7000 ft MSL. Mtns obscured in low ceilings and precip. Surface winds: NW-N 5-15 kt, with gusts near 20 kts through the Snake Plain. Winds aloft at 10 kft MSL: N-NE 5-15 kt.
KBOI...VFR. Surface winds: W-NW 5-9 kt, increasing to NW 8-12 kts with gusts 15-20 kts this afternoon.
.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None.
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