FXUS65 KPIH 221739

AFDPIH



Area Forecast Discussion

National Weather Service Pocatello ID

1139 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.



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.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.



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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...

Issued at 1136 AM MDT Sun Mar 22 2026



VFR conditions forecast at all terminals through the period. Breezy 

winds in the wake of the cold front will gust up to around 25 kts 

early day before diminishing through the evening while high-level 

clouds will increase this evening.



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.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

None.



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DISCUSSION...AMM

AVIATION...Cropp