689
FXUS65 KPIH 160819
AFDPIH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
219 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UPPER LEVEL TROF SLIPS SOUTH FROM CANADA TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOST
PRECIPITATION EAST OF REGION BUT HAVE SLIGHT CHANCE NEAR ISLAND
PARK AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. WILL BE DRY ELSEWHERE. DRY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY
BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS IN THE COOL NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH LIGHT
WINDS EXPECTED.
GK
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
DRY NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT NO
PRECIPITATION WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW TO NEAR SEASONAL
NORMALS. EUROPEAN MODEL MOVES THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EAST QUICKER
THAN THE GFS BUT WEATHER WILL NOT CHANGE REGARDLESS WITH BOTH DRY
THROUGH THE EXTENDED. EUROPEAN SLIGHTLY WARMER BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.
GK
&&
.AVIATION...A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TO
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AND RELATIVELY
LIGHT WINDS LIKELY. THE REPORTS OF -SN AT KIDA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION AND TECHNICIANS WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE
TODAY.
VALLE
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...A WEAK FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY BUT
NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL
FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST WHICH WILL PRODUCE DRY WEATHER.
VALLE
&&
.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$