570 FXUS65 KBOI 172055 AFDBOI Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 255 PM MDT Mon Sep 17 2018 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Wednesday night...Dry and sunny conditions under southwest flow aloft will give way to increasing clouds late Tuesday. This is in advance of an upper trough which will cross the area on Wednesday. A slight chance of showers exists across the central Idaho mountains Wednesday afternoon, generally east of Yellowpine. Temperatures are near normal on Tuesday, cooling to several degrees below normal on Wednesday. .LONG TERM...Thursday through Monday...Models are showing a mild zonal then southwest flow ahead of an approaching trough next week. Temperatures are expected to be within a few degrees of normal through the period. Discrepancies exist between when the trough will move inland, but Monday into Tuesday looks most likely, so POPs during that time frame have increased a bit in the northern zones. Otherwise, no major impacts are expected at this time. && .AVIATION...VFR. Surface winds: Becoming west/northwest around 8 kts. Winds aloft to 10k feet MSL: West 10-15 kts. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...Red Flag Warning until 8 PM MDT this evening IDZ421. OR...None. && $$ www.weather.gov/Boise www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.twitter.com/NWSBoise SHORT TERM...DG LONG TERM....EP AVIATION.....EP