A cold frontal system brought widespread high winds with several gusts over 50 mph recorded throughout southeastern Idaho.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A cold frontal system brought widespread high winds with several gusts over 50 mph recorded throughout southeastern 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 Feb 4, 1:14 PM MST, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 114 PM MST Tue Feb 4 2025 .SHORT TERM...Tonight and Wednesday Moisture axis remains focused across the central mountains this afternoon with snowfall continuing across parts of the area. Temperatures in the Wood River valley have warmed to support mostly rain but the higher elevations continue to see MORE snow and the Winter Storm Warning continues accordingly until tomorrow morning. Elsewhere, afternoon satellite imagery shows mid/high level clouds streaking across much of eastern Idaho with some occasional break in clouds seen across parts of the Magic Valley and Snake Plain. As we progress into the evening hours, and especially overnight, a cold front will push through the region bringing precipitation back into the forecast for ALL of eastern Idaho. Warmer air is currently in place across many of our valley locations and it does appear that precip will be mainly rain below 6500 ft or so with this frontal precipitation. Locations above this level will see some light additional snow but should stay below any headline criteria. Much colder air will filter into the region behind the aforementioned front which will drop temps, snow levels and increase winds throughout the region. It does appear most of the precip will have ended before snow levels drop to valley floors so not expecting any significant impacts from snow in the lower elevations. Winds, however, will be an issue and a Wind Advisory is in effect for the Snake Plain and Arco Desert where sustained winds 30-35 mph with gusts pushing 50 mph will be possible post FROPA. These winds should drop off by late afternoon/early evening but kept the advisory in place until 8PM tomorrow just to be safe. The colder air will remain in place into Thursday, and beyond, setting the stage potentially for more widespread snow late Thu and into Fri with our final push of moisture. More on that below. McKaughan .LONG TERM...Thursday through next Tuesday. Thursday starts off fairly quiet as we are generally in between systems, but highs will be about 5 to 10 degree cooler with most of us seeing highs in the 30s to low 40s. Late Thursday into Friday our next system begins to arrive as a shortwave trough drops south out of Canada and moves eastward across Idaho. This will bring some cooler temperatures and more widespread rain and snow with it. Highs in the valley locations will be in the mid 30s on Friday, but morning temperatures Friday and Saturday will be below freezing for all to support snow in the overnight hours. Within the 48 hours of Thursday evening to Saturday evening, the NBM is showing about a 60 to 70 percent chance of at least 2 inches of snow for the I15 corridor from American Falls to Rexburg and a 20 to 40 percent chance of at least 4 inches of snow. Granted, warming above freezing Friday afternoon could make it tough to have all of that snow on the ground at once. Snow totals will be higher up in the mountains with about a 30 percent chance of at least 6 inches of snow for Galena summit, but this pattern does favor the Eastern Highlands a bit more than the Central Mountains. In the east, look for about a 40 to 50 percent chance of at least 6 inches of snow for Soda Springs to Georgetown summit to Montpelier. It will be the Bear River Range and Big Hole Mountains that likely see the most snow with the NBM currently giving about a 60 to 80 percent chance of at least a foot of snow. Snow tapers off on Saturday to give us a fairly dry rest of the weekend, but it will be cooler with highs in the teens and 20s for most both Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures won't change much as we head into next week and remain in northwesterly flow aloft. AMM && .AVIATION...18Z Tuesday to 18Z Wednesday. Outside of SUN, look for mainly dry and VFR conditions at BYI, PIH, and DIJ throughout Tuesday. While there may be a few breaks in the activity at times at SUN, expect mainly wet conditions to continue though it looks like we've made the switch from snow to rain there for the afternoon. Our next wave of moisture begins to move in tonight, though the timing of it at BYI, PIH, and IDA tomorrow will make for a slim temperature margin on either side of 32 degrees. Predominantly rain is more likely at BYI and PIH with a mix more likely at IDA and predominantly snow more likely at SUN and DIJ. We are looking for another break in the activity around the 18Z timeframe on Wednesday or just slightly after 18Z in the case of DIJ. Snow will have a bigger impact on VIS, bringing it down to IFR conditions. Where we see more rain, still expect at least MVFR CIGs. Look for winds to increase behind a cold front tomorrow with gusts of 25 to 35 kts at all sites with the stronger gusts at BYI, PIH, and IDA. AMM && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory from 8 AM to 8 PM MST Wednesday for IDZ052>054. Winter Storm Warning until 5 AM MST Wednesday for IDZ071>074. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread wind gusts over 50 mph occurred. A 68 mph gust was measured at Howe Peak and 66 mph at Sand Dunes.
Several gusts over 50 mph occurred with the peak of 67 mph southwest of Hamer and 57 mph north of Parker. A 56 mph gust recorded at the Idaho Falls ASOS.
Several 50 plus mph wind gusts occurred on the 5th. The peak was 67 mph near Terreton. 66 mph gust at Rover and 64 mph gust near Mud Lake.
A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Ashton with several 50 mph gusts recorded through the day. A 56 mph gust was recorded near Clementsville.
Several 50 plus mph gusts occurred on the 5th. The peak was 57 mph near Small and Camas.
A 60 mph wind gust was measured at Cotton Ridge west of Marion. Several gusts over 50 mph recorded.
Several wind gusts over 50 mph occurred with 63 mph measured at Black Pine.
Several gusts over 50 mph occurred with a peak of 62 mph north of Malad City and 60 mph west of Pleasantview.
The ASOS at the Pocatello Regional Airport recorded a 59 mph wind gust. Several gusts over 50 mph measured in the area.
A 58 mph wind gust measured near Obsidian with gusts over 50 mph frequently measured.
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