Monday featured another afternoon of summer-like warmth as highs climbed to 86° in Boise and 84° in Twin Falls, nearly 20° above normal! A cold front rolled across the region during the afternoon, bringing isolated showers and thunderstorms along with a gusty breeze.
Widespread showers have overspread the region and will continue through Tuesday night. A few thunderstorms could be in the mix with localized heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
It has been significantly cooler for your Tuesday with afternoon temperatures struggling to get into the mid 60s in the Treasure Valley and 50s in higher elevations. Snow levels drop to around 6500 feet by Tuesday night.
Temperatures remain cool on Wednesday with rain and snow showers lingering into the afternoon for the central mountains. A gusty northwest breeze ramps up during the afternoon, especially for Mountain Home and further east into the Magic Valley. Gusts exceeding 40mph are possible.
More showers are likely on Wednesday afternoon in the valley but will come to an end overnight making way for a sunny but cool Thursday. Temperatures will climb into the lower 60s in the Treasure Valley and lower 50s in higher elevations. Weak high pressure warms temperatures to around normal into the weekend.
Snow will fall above 5500 feet especially on early Wednesday morning and 1"-3" could accumulate above 6500 feet!
