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FXUS65 KPIH 261724
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1124 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLER WEATHER TODAY, ABOUT 10 DEGREES OR SO COOLER THAN
FRIDAY.
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY, IN
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 208 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2026
WILL HAVE DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING TODAY WITH WINDS WEAKENING
QUITE A BIT FROM WHAT THEY WERE YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT LAST
NIGHT. WILL STILL HAVE GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE ARCO DESERT
OVER THE INL SITES BUT MOST GUSTS UNDER 20 MPH ELSEWHERE. WILL
HAVE MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS TODAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S HIGH ELEVATIONS AND
MAINLY 60S IN LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE NEXT TROF APPROACHES FROM
THE WEST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY WITH
ALMOST ALL ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN REGION. WILL ALSO
SEE SOME IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BUT NOT EXPECTING MUCH
ELSEWHERE IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN OR MAGIC VALLEY. SUNDAY WILL
BE MUCH WARMER AGAIN WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S AGAIN IN LOW ELEVATIONS WITH COOLING
AGAIN MONDAY BEHIND THE TROF WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 60S AND
LOWER 70S AGAIN DOWN LOW. THE REST OF THE WEEK TUESDAY INTO NEXT
SATURDAY LOOKS DRY WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES
BELOW TO ABOVE AVERAGE. WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY
IMPACTFUL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS WELL.
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 1119 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2026
EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL INCREASE
AFTER 18Z WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 KTS LIKELY. WINDS WILL NOT BE
AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP OFF BY EARLY
EVENING. A VERY WEAK WAVE WILL BRING MAINLY MID-LEVEL CIGS
OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SUN AND DIJ COULD SEE
LOWER CIGS, AS LOW AS 5 TO 6K FEET WITH VICINITY SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. EXPECT IMPROVING CIGS BY LATE MORNING.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 208 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2026
DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN CHANCES IN
ZONES 475 AND 476 SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ZONES 411, 413 AND 410
HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AS WELL. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALL LOCATIONS
TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES MUCH COOLER TODAY,
WARMING SUNDAY THEN COOLING AGAIN MONDAY WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. SOME WIND GUSTS
15 TO 25 MPH TODAY MAINLY ZONE 410 AND 427 TODAY AND SUNDAY. NOT
EXPECTING WIND IMPACTS THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK.
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...GK
AVIATION...TW
FIRE WEATHER...GK
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