Wind Advisory 5, NWS Pocatello, ID

000 
WWUS75 KPIH 251746
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1046 AM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

IDZ020-260615-
/O.EXB.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.060326T0100Z-060326T1900Z/
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY
1046 AM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM MST
SUNDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
A STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE IDAHO
FALLS AREA NEAR 7 PM THIS EVENING WITH WINDS INCREASING SHARPLY
ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

IDZ017-021-260615-
/O.CON.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.060325T2100Z-060326T1900Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...AMERICAN FALLS
1046 AM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
12 PM MST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
12 PM MST SUNDAY. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH EXPECTED
LATER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE I-84 AND I-86 CORRIDORS BETWEEN
BURLEY AND POCATELLO. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS A STRONG
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY AND THE LOWER
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KPIH 260507
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1007 PM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

IDZ017-020-021-261130-
/O.CON.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060326T1900Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...
AMERICAN FALLS
1007 PM MST SAT MAR 25 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST SUNDAY...

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE SNAKE RIVER
VALLEY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS OVER 50
MPH. AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 15 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 86 WILL
SEE THE BRUNT OF THE WINDS. AREAS DIRECTLY ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER
MAY SEE LESSENED WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...BUT GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KPIH 261129
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
429 AM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

IDZ017-020-021-261900-
/O.CON.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060326T1900Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...
IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...
AMERICAN FALLS
429 AM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY. WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KPIH 261901
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1201 PM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

IDZ020-021-262015-
/O.CAN.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060326T1900Z/
UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...
POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...AMERICAN FALLS
1201 PM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   

$$

IDZ017-262100-
/O.EXT.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060326T2100Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY
1201 PM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.
WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 15
TO 25 MPH BY 2 PM MST.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KPIH 262051
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
151 PM MST SUN MAR 26 2006


IDZ017-262200-
/O.EXP.KPIH.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060326T2100Z/
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY
151 PM MST SUN MAR 26 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
IN THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE FROM THE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
30 MPH UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
306 PM MST FRI MAR 24 2006

.SHORT TERM...STRONG SHORT WAVE 40N 135W WILL ENTER OREGON EARLY
SATURDAY. WARM FRONTAL BAND INITIALLY EXTENDS INTO NORTHERN NEVADA
BUT NEW SURFACE LOW GENERATES SOUTHEAST OREGON AND LIFTS
NORTHEAST. COLD FRONT CROSS CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AROUND 300 PM AND
THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY 700 TO 800 PM SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW
LEVELS 7500 FEET OR HIGHER AHEAD OF FRONT FALL RAPIDLY TO VALLEY
FLOORS AS FRONT PASSES. WITH CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS VALLEYS COULD SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES SNOW WITH
FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOUTHWEST FLOW AND QPF .5 TO .8 INCH FOCUSED ON
ZONE 31 AND 18 FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO SUNDAY MORNING. THEREFORE
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR MOUNTAINS ISSUED. JET ADVANCES ACROSS
NEVADA AND UTAH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IN LESS THAN FAVORABLE
POSITION FOR STRONGEST WINDS TO CATCH FORECAST AREA.
STILL...SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND COLD ADVECTION ALOFT
SUFFICIENT FOR WINDS TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS IN THE LOWER SNAKE
RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY EARLY SUNDAY. MODELS VERY
SOME WITH SNOW AMOUNTS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. COULD BE AT LEAST 8
TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. RS

.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL KEEP CONDITIONS MILD AND DRY ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY.  MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT
THAT A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE THROUGH JUST SOUTH OF
IDAHO THROUGH NORTHERN NV/UT LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  THIS
TRAJECTORY IS A MOIST PATTERN FOR EASTERN IDAHO...AND THE GENERAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN FCST MODELS HAS INCREASED FORECASTER CONFIDENCE
THAT A DECENT PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL OCCUR DURING THAT PERIOD.
BEYOND THURSDAY AN ACTIVE ZONAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEEKS
END. CANTIN

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT OVERNIGHT...WITH A
NOTABLE EXCEPTION AT KSUN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF TWEB ROUTE 345
AFTER 09Z.  AS MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE TO IFR OR WORSE NEAR KSUN...WHILE SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL
PROMOTE MVFR CEILINGS FROM TWIN FALLS TO BOISE.  A COLD FRONT WILL
BRING WIDESPREAD MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS TO ALL TAF SITES AND TWEB
ROUTES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON (AFTER 00Z).  CANTIN

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MST SUNDAY FOR
IDZ018-IDZ031.

&&

99/99

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
430 AM MST FRI MAR 24 2006

IDZ017>025-031-032-251500-
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-
430 AM MST FRI MAR 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A PACIFIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW
THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
MODERATE TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ACROSS
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6500 FEET. AS A RESULT...A WINTER STORM
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. SNOW
LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOOR ACROSS THE SNAKE AND MAGIC
VALLEY SATURDAY EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT. A QUICK INCH OR TWO IS
POSSIBLE IN THE SNAKE VALLEY BEFORE ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

.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.