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FXUS65 KPIH 191948
AFDPIH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
148 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNSETTLED CONTINUE TO MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE MIDWEST. THIS IS A RATHER LARGE SYSTEM AND
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PERSISTING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS INTO MONDAY. BY
TUESDAY...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA AND
PRODUCE MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS.

VALLE

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY. BOTH MODELS ARE IN
FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DROP OVER OREGON
AND WASHINGTON BRINGING LIGHT SHOWERS OVER OUR AREA EARLY IN THE
PERIOD. NEAR THE END OF THE PERIOD THE MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW MOVING BACK NORTH OVER CANADA AND SENDING A WEAK WAVE OVER OUR
AREA. LOOK FOR NEAR AVERAGE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. WYATT

&&

.AVIATION...LOOK FOR VICINITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL TAF
SITES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. EXPECT LINGERING MVFR CIGS
FOR KIDA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DURING PERIODS OF SHOWERS. TOMORROW
MORNING VICINITY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR KIDA AND KPIH. LOOK FOR
MVFR CIGS/VIS FOR KIDA AND KPIH TOMORROW MORNING DURING ANY PERIODS
OF SHOWERS ON STATION. WYATT

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

$$