Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Pocatello, ID

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FXUS65 KPIH 061117
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
517 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Freeze Warning for the Snake Plain through mid morning.

- Widespread below freezing temperatures again tonight into
  Tuesday morning.

- Warming trend begins Tuesday and continues through the week.
  Precipitation and colder temperatures return next weekend.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 237 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Will have clear skies and below normal temperatures continuing
through Tuesday. Highs today slightly warmer than Sunday with
mid to upper 50s valleys and 40s and 50s mountains. Will still
have widespread below freezing lows tonight. Will hold off on
any advisories or warnings to see if this morning results in a
hard freeze or not. Tuesday highs will rise to the 50s and 60s
mountains and 60s valleys. Lows Tuesday mainly in the 20s and
30s once again. No wind impacts are expected.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Issued at 237 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Wednesday through Friday will see a return to southwesterly flow
aloft and much warmer and above normal temperatures. Highs will
return to the 70s valleys and 60s to lower 70s mountains.
Wednesday and Thursday will be dry with the threat for
precipitation returning Friday. Much colder and showery
conditions are expected Saturday through next Monday with high
temperatures back into the 40s to 50s and the potential for very
high elevation snow showers once again.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 516 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Will have clear skies and light winds through today into Tuesday
morning.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 237 AM MDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Will see dry conditions and a warming trend this week through
the week. Temperatures in low elevations back into the 70s by
Wednesday into Friday. Moisture and a cold frontal passage again
over the weekend. Showers will be possible Friday through next
Monday with a significant cool down Saturday through Monday with
temperatures well below normal once again Sunday into next week.

&&

.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Freeze Warning until 10 AM MDT this morning for IDZ051>055.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...GK
LONG TERM...GK
AVIATION...GK
FIRE WEATHER...GK