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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 626 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-231200- 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- 626 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED BUT SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH STRONGER ACTIVITY. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO...WITH IMPACTS EXPECTED FOR RECREATIONALISTS ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW TO 9PM TODAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST AREAS EXPECT THE WESTERN RANGES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THIS EVENING...WITH ACTIVITY SHIFTING NORTHWARD TO THE MONTANA BORDER BY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6500-8000FT WITH AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATING SNOW WOULD MELT DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH LIGHT AND WET SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IS FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS 50S/60S FOR THE MOUNTAINS. SOME MOUNTAINOUS LOCATIONS COULD DIP TO NEAR FREEZING AT NIGHT. .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. $$