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FXUS65 KPIH 100950
AFDPIH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
250 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER HAS PUSHED INTO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO
OVERNIGHT. WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROF PUSHING ONTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST THIS MORNING AND WEAKENS AS IT PUSHES INTO IDAHO OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WITH THIS
SYSTEM. A STRONGER WAVE MOVES ON SHORE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EXPECT
THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS
THE WHOLE REGION. HAVE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN MOUNTAINS THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH NAM AND GFS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT
TIMING THE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY SYSTEM. HAVE A MIX OF SNOW
AND RAIN DAYTIME FRIDAY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN AS SNOW LEVELS VERY
NEAR SURFACE OR JUST ABOVE. HIGHEST POPS RUN THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. NIGHT TIME LOWS WILL BEGIN TO BE
ELEVATED WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WITH THE WEAK PACIFIC SYSTEMS
MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION.  MAINLY LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE.
GK

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FAIRLY ACTIVE PATTERN
LOOKS TO CONTINUE.  THOUGH...THE SYSTEMS...IN GENERAL...LOOK TO BE
WEAK WITH MOST IMPACTS OCCURRING IN HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS AND THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS.
SATURDAY A SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN.  THE NEXT SYSTEM COMES IN MONDAY WITH A SHORT
BREAK BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.  LOOK
FOR TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMO TO SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO.
WYATT

.AVIATION...LOOK FOR MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD FOR
ALL SITES.  A MID LEVEL DECK OF ABOUT 4500 FT HAS MOVED INTO THE
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. WITHOUT
THIS DECK IFR/MVFR CIGS AND VIS WOULD LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE SNAKE
RIVER PLAIN...PARTICULARLY OVER KIDA.  WITH ANOTHER WAVE MOVING
IN...LOOK FOR IFR/MVFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AT KIDA LATE IN THE PERIOD
AFTER 6Z FOR KIDA AND EARLY INTO THE NEXT PERIOD WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR THE REST OF THE SITES.  WYATT

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