HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 430 AM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.
.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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1123 AM MST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 300 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
COLD WEATHER PATTERN TO PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY
DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS THROUGH FRIDAY WITH CONTINUED
COLD AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS. EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
TWENTIES IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS IN
HIGHER TERRAIN...MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE
HIGHLANDS.
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING A UPPER LEVEL LOW DROPS IN FROM
CANADA. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO
SOUTHEAST IDAHO. MOST AREAS COULD RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW.
EXPECT INCREASED WINDS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. WITH VERY
COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS WILL BE BELOW ZERO EVEN
THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY IN MOST LOCATIONS.
MAINLY THIS CANADIAN SYSTEM COMING THROUGH ON SATURDAY WILL
REINFORCE THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. DAY TIME HIGHS SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE MID TEENS ACROSS THE SNAKE RIVER
PLAIN AND IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS IN THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. MORNING LOWS WITH
CLOUD COVER WILL BE NEAR ZERO IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND -10 TO
-20 IN HIGHER TERRAIN MAINLY IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND UPPER
SNAKE HIGHLANDS. EXPECT EVEN LOWER MORNING LOWS IN AREAS WITH SNOW
ON THE GROUND AND CLEAR SKIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO COLD TEMPERATURES PARTICULARLY WITH WIND
CHILLS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO PETS AND CERTAIN LIVESTOCK.
ADDITIONALLY...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO COLD TEMPERATURES CAN FREEZE
PIPES AND MAKE CARS DIFFICULT TO START. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLAN
AHEAD WITH APPROPRIATE CLOTHING AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES WHEN
TRAVELING OUTDOORS.
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