CHIEF METEOROLOGIST ERIC BRILL – EVENING UPDATE
Thursday, February 27th, 2020

As the work week comes to an end, the weather will unfortunately start to take a downward turn for the weekend.

Clouds will develop throughout the day on Friday, and that will be ahead of the next disturbance that will sweep through Southern Idaho. This disturbance will enhance the speed of the wind, and also drop temperatures about 15° for high temperatures from Friday to Sunday. Aside from the temperature drop and increased breeziness, isolated showers will also be apart of the weekend forecast. For the time being, I expect Saturday to have slightly drier weather than that of Sunday, but neither day should be looked at as being a washout.

Breezy weather will continue for the beginning of the work week, and if anything, actually start to pick-up. It wouldn’t be surprising if sustained winds were in the 15-30 mph range south of Highway 20 for both given days. That will be the most annoying thing that you’ll have to contend with for early next week. It will start to diminish on Wednesday, and be mainly gone by Thursday.

The best chance of precipitation will actually come on Tuesday, due to a trough coming through the region. This will result in a chance of rain and snow showers, but it doesn’t appear to be a big issue for most of the area. Temperatures will continue to stay cool(ish), but in reality, will actually be near average.

For Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will start to slowly climb the ladder back-up into the lower 50s under partly sunny skies. As noted above, breezy weather will start to move itself out of the region.

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THURSDAY NIGHT: MAGIC VALLEY: Mostly clear skies. Low: 25. Winds: South 5-10 mph.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Mostly clear skies. Low: 19. Winds: North 3-8 mph.

FRIDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. High: 58. Winds: Southeast 5-15 mph.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly cloudy skies. High: 42. Winds: East 3-8 mph.

FRIDAY NIGHT: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly to mostly cloudy skies. Low: 33. Winds: Southwest 5-15 mph.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly to mostly cloudy skies. Low: 23. Winds: North 3-8 mph.

SATURDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a slight chance of evening/overnight rain and snow showers. High: 52. Low: 27.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies. High: 42. Low: 22.

SUNDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with isolated rain and snow showers. A little bit breezy as well. High: 43. Low: 25.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with isolated rain and snow showers. High: 36. Low: 14.

MONDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Mostly sunny skies with a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Breezy conditions are expected as well. High: 45. Low: 30.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Mostly sunny skies. High: 36. Low: 20.

TUESDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a chance of rain and snow showers. Breezy weather is expected as well. High: 48. Low: 28.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a chance of snow and rain showers. High: 40. Low: 18.

WEDNESDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny and a little bit breezy. High: 48. Low: 29.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with a slight chance of evening/overnight snow and rain showers. High: 37. Low: 17.

THURSDAY: MAGIC VALLEY: Partly sunny skies and slightly warmer. High: 51.
WOOD RIVER VALLEY: Partly sunny skies with isolated early snow and rain showers. High: 39.