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FXUS65 KPIH 272342
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
542 PM MDT MON APR 27 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNINGS
WITH ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT
- THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
PERSISPERSISTS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1224 PM MDT MON APR 27 2026
GENERAL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN US WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN
THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AND WEEKEND. FRIDAY
LOOKS BONE DRY AT THE MOMENT DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY
SHIFTING ACROSS THE STATE. ON A DAILY BASIS, PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS DO NOT LOOK EXTREMELY HEAVY. THIS INCLUDES RAIN, SNOW,
AND GRAUPEL. THAT SAID, A HEAVIER CLUSTER OR BAND OF
PRECIPITATION CAN SETTLE ACROSS A PARTICULAR AREA, AND PRODUCED
ENOUGH IMPACTS TO TRAVEL AND SUCH.
THE BIGGEST IMPACT THROUGH MIDWEEK IS COLD OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES. WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER WIDESPREAD FREEZE
TONIGHT, EXCEPT FOR A FEW LOCATIONS DROPPING TO JUST ABOVE
FREEZING. WE WILL SEE A WARMING TREND, BUT IT STILL APPEARS THE
FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN IDAHO. THERE IS ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT
ACROSS THE SNAKE PLAIN AND MAGIC VALLEY. IT IS LIKELY THE SAME
AREAS WILL NEED ANOTHER HEADLINE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. WE MAY
FINALLY NOT NEED ANY TYPE OF FROST OR FREEZE HEADLINE BY THE
TIME WE REACH FRIDAY MORNING. WE WILL NEED TO SEE IF OUR BLEND
OF MODELS IS WARMING THINGS UP TOO QUICKLY, BUT CURRENT TRENDS
QUICKLY RETURNS US TO WIDESPREAD 60S AND 70S FOR HIGHS DURING THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 541 PM MDT MON APR 27 2026
KPIH AND KBYI ARE STILL OBSERVING ELEVATED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 KTS, OTHERWISE WINDS HAVE ALREADY LARGELY SUBSIDED.
ALL TERMINALS FORECAST TO HAVE WINDS BELOW 6 TO 8 KTS BY 03Z.
SHOWERS ON SITE OR IN THE VICINITY OF KSUN, KIDA, AND KDIJ WILL
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. SLIGHT CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH BEST CHANCES AT KDIJ
AND LESS THAN 20% CHANCE ELSEWHERE. BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL
RETURN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE TYPICAL DIURNAL WIND SHIFTS AT
KSUN.
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FREEZE WARNING FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY FOR IDZ051>055.
DISCUSSION...KEYES
AVIATION...CROPP
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