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FXUS65 KPIH 231722
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1122 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- RAPID REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES: INCREASING WARMTH ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY AS CLOUD COVER CLEARS AND A HIGH-PRESSURE RIDGE
AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
- EXTENDED LATE-JULY HEAT: A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT REGIME
TAKES OVER FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FOR
MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS, WITH VALLEY TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO
THE MID-TO- UPPER 90S AND ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORM CHANCES
RESTRICTED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 348 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2026
WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL IMPACT THE HIGH
TERRAIN TODAY, OUR WEATHER PATTERN WILL TREND DRIER AND WARMER AS A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AMPLIFIES OVER THE REGION. STORMS TODAY WILL
BE CAPABLE OF OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. WE SHOULD SEE DAYTIME
HIGHS WARM BY SEVERAL ADDITIONAL DEGREES TODAY DUE TO DECREASED
CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER AS
THEY INCREASE TO WELL-ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN IN THE MID- TO UPPER-90S
ACROSS THE LOW ELEVATIONS AND 80S IN THE MID-ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN STABLE THROUGH THE ENTIRETY
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A SHORTWAVE ON SATURDAY WILL BRING INCREASED
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AN OTHERWISE DRY-LEANING
PATTERN. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH MANY AREAS
EXPECTED TO OBSERVE 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/
ISSUED AT 1122 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2026
DRIER CONDITIONS TODAY MEAN VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TAF
SITES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE IS ABOUT A 20 PERCENT
CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM AROUND DIJ, BUT CONFIDENCE IS
NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. WINDS REMAIN
LIGHT TODAY AND TONIGHT, TOO.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 348 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2026
WHILE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL IMPACT THE HIGH
TERRAIN TODAY, OUR WEATHER PATTERN WILL TREND DRIER AND WARMER AS A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AMPLIFIES OVER THE REGION. STORMS TODAY WILL
BE CAPABLE OF OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. WE SHOULD SEE DAYTIME
HIGHS WARM BY SEVERAL ADDITIONAL DEGREES TODAY DUE TO DECREASED
CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER AS
THEY INCREASE TO WELL-ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN IN THE MID- TO UPPER-90S
ACROSS THE LOW ELEVATIONS AND 80S IN THE MID-ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAIN
VALLEYS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN STABLE THROUGH THE ENTIRETY
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A SHORTWAVE ON SATURDAY WILL BRING INCREASED
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AN OTHERWISE DRY-LEANING
PATTERN. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ON SATURDAY WITH MANY AREAS
EXPECTED TO OBSERVE 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS. THUS, SATURDAY IS THE NEXT
POTENTIAL CHANCE FOR ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS DUE TO BOTH
THUNDERSTORMS AND INCREASED WIND.
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR IDZ051>057.
DISCUSSION...CROPP
AVIATION...AMM
FIRE WEATHER...CROPP
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