A couple sites recorded high wind gusts on the 7th.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A couple sites recorded high wind gusts on the 7th.
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 Apr 7, 12:27 PM MST, 33 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 127 PM MDT Tue Apr 7 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Wind Advisory continues until 9 PM this evening for gusts around 50 mph. - Cold front comes through mostly dry, bringing today's wind and a slight cool down for Wednesday afternoon. - Looking more unsettled Friday through Monday. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 126 PM MDT Tue Apr 7 2026 A cold front is slowly making its way southward through Eastern Idaho tonight into early Wednesday morning. The main thing it is bringing us is increasingly gusty winds and a slight cool down for tomorrow afternoon. The WIND ADVISORY remains in effect until 9 PM this evening for parts of the Snake River Plain where gusts will be around 50 mph this afternoon. Even outside of the advisory area, expect gusts to range from 35 to almost 45 mph. As for precipitation, chances remain low with the cold front passing through, only maxing out around 25 percent in parts of the Eastern Highlands this afternoon. Even then, QPF remains generally non- existent for most of that area, with only a few hundredths on one or two mountain tops. With gusty winds and little to no precipitation in the Snake River Plain, we are expecting some more blowing dust across the area, too. So, travelers should remain alert and aware, especially heading north on I-15 out of Idaho Falls. By Thursday, an area of low pressure off the coast of northern California will bring some light (20 percent) precipitation chances to the South Hills. That low will be pushed a bit farther southward on Friday and Saturday as another low drops into the PNW and models show these two lows basically combining together through the weekend to bring continued rain chances and cooler temperatures to our CWA. The exact track of this whole mess is yet to be ironed out between the ECMWF and GFS, but both models show more widespread rain and mountain snow chances from Friday through next Monday. Highs will go from low to mid 70s on Thursday and Friday to low and mid 50s by Sunday and Monday with gusty winds throughout that time period, too. But given how quickly and drastically models have been changing over just a few days, wouldn't get too hung up on how things currently look as we expect these swings and changes to continue. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 1139 AM MDT Tue Apr 7 2026 VFR conditions expected at area terminals through the period. Winds will be the biggest concern today, especially in the valley terminals of KPIH, KIDA and KBYI, with winds expected to increase in the next hour or so bringing sustained winds in the 20-25 kt range with higher gusts expected into the early evening. KDIJ and KSUN will also see breezy conditions but closer to the 15-20 kt range. There's a low, although non-zero, chance of a brief shower later this afternoon around KDIJ as shown by some hi-res model guidance but the chances for this seem quite low but maintained VCSH wording nevertheless. Winds will taper off later this evening but remain sustained around 10 kts or so into the day on Wednesday. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 9 PM MDT this evening for IDZ052>054. && DISCUSSION...AMM AVIATION...McKaughan
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 mph wind gust was recorded at the Idaho Falls ASOS.
A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the Tom Cat Summit mesonet site on US Highway 20.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, April 2026
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: 1329727, 1329726.