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FXUS65 KPIH 281941
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
141 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MORNINGS
WITH ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR THE SNAKE PLAIN AND ARCO DESERT WITH A FROST ADVISORY FOR
THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY.
- THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
PERSISTS THROUGH THURSDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 122 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
WILL HAVE SOME RAIN SHOWERS WITH SOME GRAUPEL AS WELL AS HIGH
ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL END THIS
EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. EXPECT CLEARING OVERNIGHT WITH
AGAIN FREEZE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND
ARCO DESERT AS WELL AS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE EASTERN MAGIC
VALLEY. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF
THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL RISE
SLIGHTLY WITH SOME UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S IN LOWER ELEVATIONS
WITH 30S AND 50S MOUNTAINS. WILL HAVE A THREAT FOR AFTERNOON
SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. MAY
STILL SEE SOME NEAR FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BUT THINK MAY ONLY NEED SOME FROST ADVISORIES THURSDAY MORNING
AS WE START TO SEE THE WARMING TREND TAKE EFFECT.
ALL LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOULD REACH INTO THE 60S FOR HIGHS ON
THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS MAINLY LIMITED TO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
FRIDAY WILL BE THE LIKELIEST DAY FOR A COMPLETELY DRY DRY WITH
HIGHS IN LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S WITH MAINLY 60S MOUNTAINS. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LOOK EXTREMELY WARM WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS 15 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL WITH 70S THROUGHOUT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND MAINLY
60S IN THE MOUNTAINS. AFTER ANOTHER DRY DAY SATURDAY THE THREAT
FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SUNDAY THROUGH
NEXT TUESDAY.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 1105 AM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
OVERALL, VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DIJ HAS BEEN THE EXCEPTION THIS MORNING WITH
CLOUDS SCT TO BKN AT 025. CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT BACK TO VFR LEVELS THIS
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO POP UP THIS
AFTERNOON, THOUGH MOST OF OUR SITES SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTED. BEST
CHANCE (~30 PERCENT) FOR A SHOWER AT A TERMINAL IS AT DIJ WHERE
VCSH REMAINS IN THE FORECAST. THE CHANCE IS CLOSER TO 10-15 PERCENT
AT ALL OTHER SITES, SO HAVE LEFT IT OUT OF THE TAF.
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FREEZE WARNING FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR IDZ051>054.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR IDZ055.
DISCUSSION...GK
AVIATION...AMM
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