FXUS65 KBOI 050945
AFDBOI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
245 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2012

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE WEST
COAST WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA BY MONDAY AS THE UPPER LOW CENTERED
OVER UTAH MOVES EAST. A DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS WILL LEAD TO CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...ALONG WITH COLD NIGHTS AND MILD DAYS. PATCHY
FOG IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...INCLUDING MCCALL.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...FORECAST THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD REMAINS UNCHANGED. UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER
THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WITH WEATHER SYSTEMS SPLITTING AS THEY
APPROACH THE COAST AND MOVE INTO THE RIDGE. THIS WILL KEEP SE OREGON
AND SW IDAHO DRY INTO NEXT WEEKEND. MODEL ENSEMBLE FORECASTS AND
MOST OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS /THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF REMAINS THE
OUTLIER/ AGREE ON THE PERSISTENCE OF THE RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN U.S
THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR UNDER CLEAR SKIES. PATCHY MOUNTAIN VALLEY FOG
THROUGH 18Z. EASTERLY WINDS TO 15 KTS FROM THE SURFACE THROUGH 10K
FEET MSL.

&&

.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
OR...NONE.
&&

$$

WEATHER.GOV/BOISE

SHORT TERM...BW
LONG TERM....DG
AVIATION.....DG


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