AWUS85 KBOI 271236 RWSID WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST OREGON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 635 AM MDT THU MAR 27 2008 A COLD FRONT MOVED OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LOCAL HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN SMALL HAIL. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVED OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AN ISOLATED THUNDER STORM DEVELOPED OVER THE TREASURE VALLEY. THIS BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO THE TREASURE VALLEY ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL THAT COVERED THE GROUND. THIS COLD FRONT ALSO BROUGHT A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS WITH CALDWELL REPORTING A GUST TO 52 MPH. SINCE MIDNIGHT PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED OVER THE AREA AND SKIES WERE CLEARING FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 6 AM MDT RANGED FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OVER THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM AROUND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH TO OVER A HALF AN INCH AT LOWELL. HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 31 DEGREES AT STANLEY TO 54 DEGREES AT ONTARIO FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY LOWELL WITH 54 DEGREES. LOWS SO FAR THIS MORNING ARE IN THE TEENS AND 20S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS SO FAR THIS MORNING RANGE FROM 33 DEGREES AT LOWELL TO 14 DEGREES AT STANLEY. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TODAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE COLD FRONT TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVES TO THE EAST. THERE WILL STILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN SNOW TODAY. THE DRY TREND WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. $$