Storm Station
Banks, Idaho
56°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 56°·Light air 3 mph SW
A slight chance of rain showers between 11am and noon. Cloudy, with a high near 63. West wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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30%Humidity
50%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Banks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ola School RAWSOLSI1

A remote fire weather station/10.4 mi away/3,045 ft/519 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank487of 617

D3 - Smiths FerryITD36

Beside a road/15.5 mi away/4,547 ft/983 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank289of 617

Boise MunicipalBOI

At an airfield/35.8 mi away/2,867 ft/697 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 617

measured daily2 instruments

Garden Valley 0.8 SID-BS-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/3,132 ft/432 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OlaOLYI1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/3,072 ft/492 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Boise Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.8 mi from Banks. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Boise Municipal, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOISE MUNICIPALSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 12,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBoise Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Boise Municipal: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. B THE AIR AT BOISE MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBoise Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Boise Municipal, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. C THE WIND AT BOISE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoise Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boise Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Idaho

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Banks

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.