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FXUS65 KPIH 241917
AFDPIH

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
117 PM MDT Fri May 24 2024

.SHORT TERM...Tonight and Saturday
Afternoon satellite imagery shows mostly clear skies across a good
chunk of eastern Idaho with only some fair weather CU and high
cirrus visible, for now. Cloud cover is expected to increase this
evening and throughout the overnight as we start to feel the
influence from a system that will move through the region tomorrow.
Around daybreak Saturday, precip will likely be ongoing across the
central mountains and maybe into parts of the south hills. This
precip will overspread the area throughout the day with showers and
thunderstorms expected. Hi-res CAMs are painting the higher terrain
of the eastern highlands, south hills and central mountains as the
most likely locations for precipitation throughout the day with a
lesser chance across the Snake Plain and Magic Valley but it`s still
in the 20-50% range. QPF will be highly variable given the
convective nature of storms tomorrow so forecast QPF is low, but
certainly can be much higher than forecast if a stronger
shower/storm passes over any given area.

Additionally, winds will become breezy tomorrow across much of the
lower valleys. In fact, it could be close to wind advisory levels in
spots but it`s very marginal so have held off for now. Increased
cloud cover and precip will daytime highs limited to the 50s and 60s
across the area but a quick warmup is expected later in the holiday
weekend.

.LONG TERM...Sunday through Friday
Other than a few showers Sunday around Island Park, we are
looking end the holiday weekend on a dry and warmer note.
Temperatures by Memorial Day should push into the 70s.
Temperatures remain on the warm side heading into the middle of
next week, out ahead of another area of low pressure. Showers and
thunderstorm chances gradually return toward the end of next week,
along with cooling temperatures. Keyes


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.AVIATION...
We should see showers pushing back into central and eastern Idaho
overnight, with a few thunderstorms possible tomorrow. Expect
overall VFR conditions. It will be breezy as well at BYI, PIH, and
IDA...with gusts of 30-40kts. Keyes

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.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
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