HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 343 AM MST SUN JAN 3 2010
Expiration: 345 AM MST MON JAN 04 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MOUNTAIN RANGES. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. LOW CLOUDS
AND OR PATCHY FREEZING FOG IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE SNAKE
PLAIN...TETON VALLEY...LOWER END OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY AND
OTHER VALLEYS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. WHILE IT APPEARS THERE
SHOULD NOT BE A REPEAT OF THIS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. IN THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...A RETURN OF STRATUS AND FOG IS FORECAST FOR
THE OTHERS AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO EASTERN
IDAHO. THIS WILL BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN
RANGES AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD TUESDAY...EVENTUALLY EXITING THE AREA
ON WEDNESDAY. IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...THIS WILL FAVOR THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS FOR POSSIBLE HIGHER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS. MOST OF EASTERN IDAHO WILL SEE ALL SNOW...HOWEVER
PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY AND LOWER SNAKE PLAIN WILL
SEE HIGHS PUSHING WELL INTO THE 30S AND LIKELY SEEING A MIX OR
COMPLETE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN ON TUESDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND ANY POSSIBLE STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS STORM
AS IT GETS CLOSER.
COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THE POSSIBILITY OF VALLEY INVERSIONS IS THERE AFTER WEDNESDAY. THE
POTENTIAL FOR FOG...STRATUS AND AIR QUALITY ISSUES WILL NEED TO
MONITORED AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.
.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.
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