From June 27th through June 30th 10 record high temperatures were set at Idaho Falls, Challis, Pocatello, Burley and Stanley.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
From June 27th through June 30th 10 record high temperatures were set at Idaho Falls, Challis, Pocatello, Burley and Stanley.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:09 PM MST, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 209 PM MDT WED JUN 26 2013 .DISCUSSION...WV SAT IMAGERY SHOWS SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINING OVER EASTERN IDAHO TODAY...BUT MOISTURE STREAM BEGINNING TO PUSH NORTH WITH SHORTWAVE EJECTING INTO WYOMING/MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. VIS/IR IMAGERY SHOWS MAINLY FLAT CU FIELD ACROSS THE REGION BUT LITTLE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. BEST MOISTURE AT THIS TIME REMAINS IN EASTERN OREGON NORTHEAST INTO THE PANHANDLE REGION...AND BELIEVE THREAT FOR CONVECTION OVER FOR MOST OF THE REGION. COULD STILL SEE SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS CLOSEST TO REMAINING MOISTURE STREAM AND WEAK INSTABILITY COULD STILL ALLOW AN ISOLATED RUMBLE OF THUNDER INTO THE EVENING. BY 06Z HOWEVER ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OVER WITH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. FOCUS TURNS TO DEVELOPING STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. CENTER OF UPPER HIGH STILL PROGGED TO REACH NEARLY 600DM FOR INTENSE SEARING HEAT ACROSS MUCH OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THESE TEMPS CREEP NORTH TOWARD EASTERN IDAHO AS RIDGE AMPLIFIES THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN INTO EASTERN IDAHO BY SATURDAY. 850MB TEMPS OVER THE REGION RISE FROM AROUND 25DEG C TODAY TO 30DEG C THURS AND AROUND 33DEC C FOR FRI AND SAT. ALL GUIDANCE PRODUCTS PUSH TEMPS INTO THE LOW 90S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS FOR THURS...RISING UP TO THE UPPER 90S FRIDAY. THESE TEMPS LOOK TO LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH MOISTURE CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL MANAGE TO BE PULLED NORTH AROUND THE RIDGE INTO THE REGION...AND WILL KEEP POPS LOW WITH LITTLE TO MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME. RIDGE RETROGRADES WEST TO CENTER OVER NEVADA BUT REMAINS HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PER LATEST GFS WITH GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ECMWF AND ENSEMBLES. STILL MORE UNCERTAINTY LEANING INTO MIDWEEK AS MODELS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HANDLING UPPER LOW ROUGHLY 40W/140N. SOME ENSEMBLE MEMBERS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PREVIOUS OPERATIONAL MODELS WANT TO BREAK DOWN THE UPPER RIDGE. REALLY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME BELIEVING THAT SOLUTION WITH SHEAR STRENGTH OF UPPER HIGH AND AMPLIFICATION OF THE RIDGE WELL NORTH INTO CANADA. LEFT PERSISTENCE FORECAST IN PLACE WITH LOW CONFIDENCE WEAK POPS AND CONTINUED WARM TEMPS. DMH && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. WHAT CLOUD COVER WE HAVE AND WIND WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STORMS AROUND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NORTH AND WEST OF KSUN WILL BE GONE AFTER SUNSET. KEYES && .FIRE WEATHER...AFTER TODAY...WE WILL BE IN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF VERY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WEST. WE WILL SEE NEAR-RECORD TO RECORD WARMTH BY THE WEEKEND...WITH SOME SPOTS FLIRTING WITH LOW 100S. THE MODELS ARE TRYING TO KEY ON SOME VERY LIMITED MOISTURE TRYING TO WORK INTO THE PATTERN AND KICK OFF QUITE A BIT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. WE BELIEVE THE MODELS ARE BEING OVERLY AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SCENARIO BASED ON HOW HOT IT WILL BE. THAT SAID...A BIT OF AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUP AND A FEW DRY MOUNTAIN STORMS CANNOT BE RULED. EVEN IF WE GET A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER TO HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES...IT WILL STILL BE A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE AT THE SURFACE TO HELP DRY FUELS OUT. KEYES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 300 AM MDT WED JUN 26 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-270945- 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- 300 AM MDT WED JUN 26 2013 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .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.
5 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Three record high temperatures were set at the Idaho Falls Fanning Field airport. It was 93 on the 27th, 99 on the 29th and 97 on the 30th.
Challis set a record high temperature of 93 degrees on the 27th.
The Pocatello regional airport set record high temperatures three consecutive days. It was 99 on the 28th, 101 on the 29th and 97 on the 30th.
Burley set a record high temperature of 98 degrees on the 28th.
Stanley had record high temperatures of 90 on the 29th and 88 on the 30th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, June 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 465089, 465097, 465087, 465098, 465092.