749  
FXUS65 KPIH 311029  
AFDPIH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID  
429 AM MDT FRI OCT 31 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- TODAY'S WEATHER: ALL TREATS, NO TRICKS!  
 
- A FEW SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY.  
 
- BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS TOWARD THE END OF NEXT  
WEEK.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 115 AM MDT FRI OCT 31 2025  
 
ANOTHER ROUND OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ARE MOVING THROUGH  
EASTERN IDAHO EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE CLOUDS ARE HELPING TO KEEP  
US JUST A FEW DEGREES WARMER THIS MORNING, STARTING THE DAY IN THE  
MID 20S TO NEAR 30 FOR MOST. THEY WILL KEEP MOVING SOUTHEAST AND  
WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MID MORNING, LEADING TO MORE SUNSHINE FOR  
MIDDAY AND THE AFTERNOON AS WE WARM INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOW TO  
MID 50S. THIS BODES WELL FOR ANYONE HEADING OUT FOR SOME TRICK-OR-  
TREATING THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL, BUT GENERALLY  
JUST ON EITHER SIDE OF THE 50 DEGREE MARK AROUND 6 PM IN THE LOWER  
ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. IT WILL STAY DRY, TOO, WITH LIGHT AND  
VARIABLE WINDS. TODAY'S WEATHER LINES UP WELL WITH OUR NORMALS FOR  
THE END OF OCTOBER. NOT TO BREAK A PATTERN, ANOTHER ROUND OF  
OVERNIGHT CLOUDS WILL PASS THROUGH EASTERN IDAHO AS WE HEAD INTO  
SATURDAY MORNING, BUT ONCE AGAIN WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY  
PRECIPITATION WITH THESE CLOUDS AND THEY WILL KEEP US IN THE UPPER  
20S TO MID 30S FOR SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY WILL BE NEARLY A  
REPEAT OF TODAY WITH HIGHS BEING A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER ONCE  
AGAIN.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1236 PM MDT THU OCT 30 2025  
 
ANOTHER LOW SKIRTS BY TO OUR NORTH FOR SUNDAY. THE MAIN ISSUE  
AREAWIDE WILL BE SOME INCREASE IN WIND, BUT NOTHING OF IMPACT IT  
APPEARS AS OF RIGHT NOW. THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT  
SHOWERS/SPRINKLES/FLURRIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS (MOSTLY  
IN THE SAWTOOTHS) AND AROUND ISLAND PARK. THE PATTERN REMAINS  
SIMILAR THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE STATE IS  
SANDWICHED BETWEEN LOWS PASSING TO OUR NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE  
ANCHORED TO OUR SOUTH. WE COULD SEE A FEW  
SHOWERS/SPRINKLES/FLURRIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND  
ISLAND PARK. WEDNESDAY WILL EITHER BE DRY AS A BONE OR THE EXACT  
OPPOSITE. CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MODELS ARE DRIER, BUT THE BLEND  
OF MODELS (WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE FORECAST "IDEAS") IS ALREADY  
BRINGING PRECIPITATION. EITHER WAY, A PATTERN CHANGE IS LIKELY  
FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK BRINGING A LOT OF MOISTURE OUR WAY AND  
COOLER TEMPERATURES. SPEAKING OF TEMPERATURES, UNTIL THAT  
PATTERN CHANGE HAPPENS DO LOOK FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES. HIGHS  
STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE  
IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. THAT IS THE OFFICIAL BLEND FORECAST.  
ON THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGES, WARMER SPOTS STILL COULD BE  
PUSHING 70. ON THE COLDER END OF THE SPECTRUM OF POSSIBILITIES,  
WE COULD EASILY NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE 50S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 423 AM MDT FRI OCT 31 2025  
 
SOME SCT TO BKN MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE  
AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. EVEN SO, CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN  
VFR AS THESE CLOUDS ARE CERTAINLY HIGH ENOUGH TO NOT BRING IMPACTS  
TO OUR TERMINALS AND WE WILL SEE A BREAK IN THE CLOUD COVER MID TO  
LATE MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF CLOUD COVER ARRIVES OVERNIGHT.  
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE TODAY.  
 

 
   
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...AMM  
LONG TERM...KEYES  
AVIATION...AMM  
 
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