Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

Home | Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | Print | Product List | Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
000
FLUS45 KPIH 221226 AAA
HWOPIH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
626 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

IDZ017>025-031-032-231200-
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-
626 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
BUT SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH STRONGER ACTIVITY.
GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO...WITH IMPACTS
EXPECTED FOR RECREATIONALISTS ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW TO 9PM TODAY.

SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST AREAS EXPECT THE
WESTERN RANGES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
THIS EVENING...WITH ACTIVITY SHIFTING NORTHWARD TO THE MONTANA
BORDER BY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6500-8000FT WITH AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WOULD MELT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LIGHT AND WET SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IS FORECAST THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE 70S FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS 50S/60S FOR THE
MOUNTAINS. SOME MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS COULD DIP TO NEAR FREEZING
AT NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL...
EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE
FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR
208-233-0834.

$$







USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.