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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
324 PM MST SAT JAN 31 2015

IDZ017>025-031-032-011230-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-
BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
STANLEY...CLAYTON...DRIGGS...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...ST. ANTHONY...
EDIE SCHOOL...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...
BLACKFOOT...FORT HALL...AMERICAN FALLS...MALAD CITY...OAKLEY...
ROCKLAND...DOWNEY...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...SODA SPRINGS...WAYAN...
PRESTON...DAYTON...MONTPELIER...GEORGETOWN...PARIS...HAILEY...
KETCHUM...SUN VALLEY...BELLEVUE...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY
324 PM MST SAT JAN 31 2015

...MIXED RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...

A CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS
WITH MOIST FLOW OFF THE PACIFIC MOVING INLAND. THIS PATTERN WILL
BRING ABOUT THREE SMALL DISTURBANCES THROUGH THIS AREA. MOST
PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN SUNDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
SNOW LEVELS NEAR 4000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY RISE TO
NEAR 5500 FEET BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE LOWER VALLEYS...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED SUNDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY....FOLLOWED BY A TREND TOWARDS MORE RAIN
THAN SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. THE BENCH AREAS NEAR
POCATELLO AND IDAHO FALLS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY WITH SNOW CHANGING OVER TO RAIN TUESDAY.

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