Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Pocatello, ID

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
138 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

.DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGING IS BECOMING THE DOMINANT FEATURE...
ALTHOUGH MONSOON MOISTURE IS STILL PRESENT OVER THE FCST AREA. MINOR
WAVES IN THE RIDGE...ALONG WITH SFC HEATING ARE DESTABILIZING THE
AIRMASS AGAIN THIS AFTN. TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE CEN MTNS AND
THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS...AND A FEW WILL MOVE INTO THE SNAKE RIVER
PLAIN BEFORE THEY ALL DISSIPATE LATE THIS EVENING. PW VALUES NEAR
0.90 INS AGAIN THIS AFTN...ALONG WITH SLOW MOVEMENT...WILL RESULT IN
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SPOTS. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

THE UPPER RIDGE WILL DOMINATE INTO MONDAY...WITH DECREASING CHANCES
FOR TSTMS EACH DAY AS MONSOON MOISTURE DECREASES. AN UPPER TROF
MOVES INTO THE PAC NW ON MONDAY...BUT NEVER MAKES IT TO ID. DRIER SW
FLOW DOMINATES THRU THE REST OF THE FCST PERIOD...BUT HEIGHTS FALL
OVER THE PAC NW BY MIDWEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER TEMPS
BEGINNING ON TUESDAY. HEDGES

&&

.AVIATION...LESS COVERAGE OF -TSRA EXPECTED TODAY...WILL AMEND AS
NECESSARY TO BRING IN -TSRA AS THEY APPROACH EACH AIRPORT.
CONTINUED VFR CIG/VSBY AND LIGHT WIND OUTSIDE OF -TSRA.  MESSICK

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...VERY UNSTABLE AIR WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE
STILL WILL MEAN THE LAST ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  COVERAGE SHOULD BE EVEN LESS THAN YESTERDAY.  UPPER
LEVEL WIND WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND GUSTY WIND WILL BECOME MORE
OF A FACTOR BEGINNING MON.  HUMIDITY WILL START TO DRY OUT AND
SHOULD SEE SOME RETURN OF SINGLE DIGIT RH IN LOWER ELEVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES ARE STAYING RIGHT NEAR CLIMATE NORMALS.  FUELS ARE
STILL WELL FROM CURED OUT AND THUS SEE NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE DANGER.
MESSICK

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
438 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

IDZ017>025-031-032-051045-
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-
438 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND COULD PRODUCE HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND BECOME ISOLATED OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. DRIER
WEATHER WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY AND LIMIT ANY SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM THREAT TO ISOLATED ACTIVITY IN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS.

.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.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
537 PM MDT SAT JUL 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NE ALMO               42.14N 116.58W
07/04/2009                   XXX                XX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BIRCH CREEK REPORTED OUT OF BANKS CLOSING LOCAL ROAD.

&&

TWYATT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO
557 PM MDT SAT JUL 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0556 PM     HAIL             INKOM                   42.80N 112.25W
07/04/2009  E0.50 INCH       BANNOCK            ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 0.80 INCHES OF RAIN FROM
            THUNDERSTORM

&&

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