A strong cold front brought high winds to southeast Idaho.
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A strong cold front brought high winds to southeast Idaho.
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 17, 9:35 AM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 1035 AM MDT Fri Jun 17 2022 .UPDATE...All zones (except mountain zones) were added to wind advisories. Winds are strong aloft. Currently showers brought strong winds across the Eastern Highlands. With excellent mixing expected this afternoon. Winds should mix down to the surface bringing winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 mph for all areas. Some localized gusts higher than 55 mph are likely especially in the mountains. Wyatt && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 243 AM MDT Fri Jun 17 2022/ SHORT TERM...Today through Saturday night. Amplified pattern over the western US as an upper trough and parent low deepen off the Pacific Coast. To the east, ridging is building across the Northern Plains. This is setting up a strong southerly flow over southeast Idaho. A surface cold front has set up over western Idaho and is slowly moving eastward. NAM 12km winds at 700mb are hitting 45 to 55 mph with a few isolated spots at 55 to 60 mph. Given the steep low- level lapse rates, expect today to be very windy. If you look at MOS guidance leading up to today, you won't find support for a wind event over the forecast area. However, there continues to be support from EFI and NBM 4.1 for gusty winds. NBM 4.1 remains an outlier on the extreme end as far as wind speed goes, but I did nudge the forecast up from NBM 4.0. Current forecast remains in line with the widespread wind advisory for the area. We also kept in the patchy blowing dust this afternoon. High-res models push in a few showers this morning mainly east of Interstate 15, but precip amounts should be low given the dry low-levels. Temperatures today will likely reach the 90s, and should be a bit warmer than yesterday. Models under-forecasted the highs yesterday, so nudged them up a few degrees for today. The aforementioned cold front should advance through the forecast area this evening, but will likely push through with little to no precip. The upper level trough will slowly lift across the region on Saturday, giving the mountains some light rainfall. Snow levels lower Saturday night, and might result in some light high elevation snowfall. Saturday looks breezy as well, given the cold front will remain over Southeast Idaho until Saturday night. EFI shows strongest winds over the Southeastern Highlands, and maybe around the Mud Lake area. Winds may reach advisory levels there tomorrow. Hinsberger LONG TERM...Sunday through next Friday. A closed upper level low located in central Idaho on Sunday will continue to track further east throughout the day, helping to bring continued widespread light to moderate precipitation across the northern and eastern higher elevations. A more northerly track with the apparent low pressure across central Idaho headed into Montana continues to decrease any chances for precipitation across the Snake River Plain with minimal precipitation across the South Hills and Southeast Highlands less than 0.10 inches. More noticeably from yesterday, this more northerly track helps to amplify precipitation in the eastern Central Mountains with ranges east of and including the Sawtooths seeing enhanced precipitation. Wrap around rain and high elevation snow bands circulating around this area of low pressure provide additional support for this. Outside of the northern higher elevation zones and along the Continental Divide, precipitation remains minimal with breezy afternoon winds both Sunday and Monday. 48 hour QPF totals between 24Z/600PM Saturday and 24Z/600PM Monday support 0.10 to 0.40 inches of precipitation across our northern mountains valleys with between 0.25 to 0.75+ inches in the surrounding mountains. Temperatures on Sunday and Monday will be noticeably colder as this upper level trough brings an influx of colder air from the north, helping to support high elevation snow above 8500 feet. Lows each morning return to the 30s to upper 40s with afternoon highs in the 50s and 60s. 48 hour snow totals with the aforementioned timeframe have increased over yesterday in line with the enhanced mountain precipitation, bringing 1 to 4 inches above 8500 feet with locally higher amounts above 10000 feet. Isolated thunderstorms will also exist each afternoon across the higher terrain. This closed upper level feature will continue to track northeast into Montana by Monday afternoon as deep southerly and zonal flow help to drive up temperatures and bring abundant sunshine back to the region. Afternoon highs warm by 5 to 10 degrees each day through Wednesday into the 70s to upper 80s with a prolonged warm and dry period setting up for the later part of June. Several long range models also highlight widespread highs in the 80s and 90s by next Friday. MacKay AVIATION... Broad upper level ridging that has been in place over the past few days will be replaced by an approaching upper level trough headed into the weekend, bringing breezy afternoon winds and increasing mountain precipitation chances beginning Saturday afternoon. A series of shortwave troughs amplified along the Continental Divide this morning will bring a mid to upper level cloud deck across portions of eastern Idaho with VCSH possible at KPIH, KIDA, and KDIJ. This shortwave feature helps kickoff scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in western Wyoming with KDIJ seeing the best potential for showers and thunderstorms east in the Tetons and Yellowstone region. Strong winds will develop this afternoon as supportive 700 mb flow in excess of 40 kts sets up across southeast Idaho. Winds will increase out of the south after 12 to 14Z between 15 to 30 kts with gusts up to 25 to 40 kts at KPIH, KIDA, and KBYI. KSUN and KDIJ will be breezy as well this afternoon out of the south between 15 to 20 kts with gusts up to 25 to 35 kts. These strong winds and dry conditions across our lower elevations will lead to patchy blowing dust. LLWS remains a concern early this morning as winds remain lighter at the surface with winds 2000 feet above the surface out of the south between 20 to 35 kts. This threat diminishes as we become more mixed through the later morning and early afternoon hours. Winds will remain strong through sunset and stay slightly breezy through early Saturday morning before becoming more light and variable. Mountain showers and thunderstorms return for Saturday afternoon and evening with south/southwest winds between 10 to 20 kts with gusts up to 20 to 35 kts. MacKay FIRE WEATHER...Today will be hot, dry, and windy. Highs today will reach the 90s across the lower elevations. Humidity will dip to around 10 percent this afternoon near peak heating while winds gust to around 50 mph. We start the day with widespread Haines of 6 everywhere. A dry cold front will slowly move through this evening as winds begin to subside. This will help bring in some lower Haines indices tonight. Things look dry and windy tomorrow, mainly across the Southeast Highlands and the Mud Lake area, where humidity will dip into the mid to upper teens. The cold front will push through Saturday night, and the parent upper trough will lift across Idaho on Sunday, giving us the next best chance for a wetting rain--mainly over the Central Mountains. Hinsberger HYDROLOGY...The Big Wood and Big Lost Rivers are seeing some higher flows this morning due to yesterday's high elevation snowmelt, but remain below flood levels. The gauge at Hailey remains bankfull, and a flood advisory remains in effect there until further notice. Howell Ranch remains just below action stage as of 3am this morning. Hot temperatures today will likely bring another wave of snowmelt runoff to these sites again tomorrow morning. Hinsberger && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 9 PM MDT this evening for IDZ051>059-061>068- 070-075. &&
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1025 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2022
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0919 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SW VICTOR 43.54N 111.20W
06/17/2022 M67 MPH BONNEVILLE ID MESONET
MESONET STATION PCRI1 PINE CREEK RAWS.
0907 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE DRIGGS 43.75N 111.10W
06/17/2022 M56 MPH TETON ID AWOS
AWOS STATION KDIJ DRIGGS-REED MEMORIAL
AIRPORT.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1028 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2022
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0932 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG VICTOR 43.60N 111.11W
06/17/2022 TETON ID BROADCAST MEDIA
ABOUT 1200 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN
THE VICTOR AREA WITH REPORTED TREE DAMAGE.
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TAXThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 67 mph wind gust was recorded 6 miles southwest of Victor with about 1,200 customers losing power reported by Fall River Electric. Tree damage was reported to have affected power lines.
Widespread 50 to 60 mph wind gusts occurred behind a cold front with a peak of 60 mph northwest of Atomic City.
A cold front brought 50 to 60 mph wind gusts to the Teton Valley with a 59 mph gust measured at Clementsville.
Widespread 50 to 60 mph wind gusts occurred with 55 mph measured at Atomic City and 57 mph southwest of Mud Lake.
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