FXUS65 KPIH 221129 AFDPIH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pocatello ID 529 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Cooler temperatures behind the cold front today. - Warming trend begins again on Monday. - Breezy Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 220 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026 Satellite this morning shows the cold front exiting eastern Idaho as clouds move southeast into Utah and Wyoming. We'll finally take a little break from setting record highs today as cooler air arrives, meaning highs will be near 60 instead of near 80. Our pattern keeps us in zonal flow aloft as an area of low pressure hangs out in southern California for today and tomorrow before weak high pressure builds back in over the area on Tuesday. Today's "cool down" is a one-day-only deal though, and we'll be back in the mid to upper 60s and near 70 again by Monday afternoon. More of us will be back into the low and mid 70s for Tuesday and Wednesday with wind gusts also increasing. For Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, gusts will reach 25-35 mph with the upper Snake River Plain approaching 40 mph on Wednesday. Winds will be a bit stronger late Wednesday as another cold front moves through the area. Currently, models are showing some precipitation chances in the Central Mountains and Eastern Highlands with the front, but they were also doing the same thing a few days ago ahead of yesterday's cold front, so we'll have to see how that trends over the next several days. Even though it does show PoPs, there is very little QPF in the forecast with it, less than a quarter of an inch in the Central Mountains and almost zero for the Eastern Highlands. It will at least drop our temperatures back down into the 50s for Thursday. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY/... Issued at 525 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026 We're still just a bit breezy behind the cold front at IDA, PIH, and BYI early this morning with gusts around 20-25 kts. These gusts will actually decrease through the morning hours, leading to lighter winds this afternoon and evening. The clouds we saw during the early morning hours will also keep moving out of our TAF sites and most CIGs will be very high based later on today. No precipitation is in the forecast for a few days now, so VFR conditions will be prevailing. && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ DISCUSSION...AMM AVIATION...AMM