621  
FXUS65 KPIH 160012  
AFDPIH  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID  
612 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, LINGERING  
INTO THURSDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 15.  
 
- NEARLY ALL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN ABOVE ABOUT 7,000  
FEET, WITH LIMITED TRAVEL IMPACTS POSSIBLE AT A FEW PASSES.  
 
- DRIER WEATHER FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/  
 
ISSUED AT 134 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025  
 
AMPLIFIED TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST  
TODAY WITH CLOSED LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN NV/UT, PER  
SATELLITE IMAGERY. RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL, SOME  
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS  
WORKING NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW LEVELS REMAIN ABOVE 7000  
FT, WITH A FEW IMPACTS REMAINING POSSIBLE AT PASS LEVEL. UPPER  
TROUGH SLOWLY TRANSITIONS EAST THROUGH TONIGHT, BRINGING UPPER  
FLOW AROUND TO THE NORTH, ESSENTIALLY ROTATING THE BANDS OF  
SHOWERS BACK THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW TOTALS THROUGH TONIGHT  
HAVE MODERATED SLIGHTLY WITH THE MOST RECENT MODEL DATA, BUT  
HIGH END PROBABILISTIC AMOUNTS STILL REACH 6-10" ABOVE PASS  
LEVEL. PRECIPITATION SHIFTS TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST  
AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY, WITH THE PERSISTENT SHOWERS COMING  
TO AN END DURING THE EVENING. COOLER TEMPERATURES FOLLOW  
THURSDAY NIGHT, WITH LOWS DROPPING TO AROUND FREEZING FOR MANY  
LOWER ELEVATION AREAS. AS THE GROWING SEASON HAS CONCLUDED, NO  
FURTHER FROST OR FREEZE HEADLINES WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL SPRING.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 134 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025  
 
FRIDAY WILL FEATURE CONDITIONS GRADUALLY IMPROVING ACROSS THE AREA  
AS HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN BUILDS OVER THE REGION, ALBEIT BRIEFLY.  
WILL LIKELY SEE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY  
ALONG WITH MAYBE SOME ISOLATED/SCATTERED PRECIP CHANCES IN THE  
EASTERN HIGHLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS; OTHERWISE,  
MOST OF THE REGION SHOULD BE DRY. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO  
SATURDAY REGIONWIDE WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ON THE COOLER SIDE  
OF NORMAL. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY IN THE EXTENDED WITH  
60S LIKELY IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE S/SW  
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL SWING THROUGH  
THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY  
ON MONDAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, EXPECT CLOUDS AND PRECIP CHANCES TO  
INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND FOR A GOOD PART OF THE  
DAY ON MONDAY WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR  
THE DAY ON MONDAY. HIGHS LOOK LIKELY TO ONLY TOP OUT IN THE 40S ON  
MONDAY THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP IN  
THE FORECAST. ONCE AGAIN, EXPECT SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WITH THIS  
FEATURE, LIKELY ABOVE 6000 FT. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE A QUICK  
MOVER HOWEVER AND WILL LIKELY BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY DAYBREAK  
TUESDAY. THE UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NW THOUGH WHICH WILL  
KEEP COOLER AIR IN PLACE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY, ABOUT 5-10  
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, BUT THOSE DAYS DO APPEAR THAT THEY'LL BE DRY  
AT THE PRESENT TIME.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/  
 
ISSUED AT 605 PM MDT WED OCT 15 2025  
 
EXPECT CONTINUED SHOWERS AND MVFR TO NEAR MVFR CONDITIONS FOR  
ALL TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH  
HEAVIER SHOWERS. KIDA AND KDIJ STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF VCTS FOR  
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH A STRONGER WAVE APPROACHING FROM  
THE SOUTH. OTHERWISE, EXPECT LIGHT SHOWERS OFF AND ON OVERNIGHT  
WITH MVFR CONDITIONS WHEN SHOWERS ARE ON STATION FOR TAF SITES  
TONIGHT. WINDS PICK UP WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 20 MPH FOR MOST  
SITES BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT VFR  
CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT FOR KSUN AND BY MID TO LATE TOMORROW  
MORNING FOR KBYI. KIDA AND KPIH WILL BECOME VFR BY EARLY TO MID  
AFTERNOON TOMORROW. KDIJ WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR VFR  
CONDITIONS, LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING TOMORROW.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 151 AM MDT WED OCT 15 2025  
 
PERIODS OF WETTING RAINS AND HIGH-ELEVATION SNOW WILL CONTINUE  
TODAY AND TONIGHT, LINGERING THURSDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST  
OF INTERSTATE 15 (BUT OVERALL ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE  
COURSE OF THE DAY). DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY TAKE HOLD FOR  
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...DMH  
LONG TERM...MCKAUGHAN  
AVIATION...TW  
FIRE WEATHER...01  
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