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FXUS65 KPIH 282239
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
439 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 /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/
ISSUED AT 423 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2026
EXPECT OVERALL VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
ONLY DIJ COULD SEE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS WITH ANY SHOWERS ON
STATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AND AGAIN
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE SLIGHTLY BREEZY WITH GUSTS OF 15
TO 20 KTS FOR KBYI, KPIH AND KIDA. WINDS WILL BACK OFF QUICKLY
THIS EVENING AND BECOME VARIABLE. CLOUDS WILL MOSTLY CLEAR
OVERNIGHT. MODELS SHOW LIGHT MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. WITH HEATING TOMORROW AFTERNOON LOOK FOR VICINITY
SHOWERS FOR MAINLY OUR NORTHERN AREAS, INCLUDING KDIJ, KSUN,
AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, KIDA. WINDS WILL BECOMING NORTHERLY BY
TOMORROW LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND REMAIN LIGHT
OVERALL WITH SPEEDS AROUND 10 KTS FOR MOST TAF SITES.
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...
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