HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 550 AM MST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 600 AM MST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT EASTERN IDAHO TODAY. ANOTHER 1 TO 3
INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. SOME
LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE WITH LITTLE OR NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE
POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS FORMED THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SNAKE PLAIN...MAGIC VALLEY AND LOWER END OF THE WOOD RIVER VALLEY.
THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO ALREADY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SOME
AREAS DUE TO ICY AND OR SNOWPACKED ROADS.
BY TONIGHT...ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. MORE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS
DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND BY THIS STORM SYSTEM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW REMAINS FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VALLEY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE
POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO THE AREA
BY MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.
BEYOND THAT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REGAIN CONTROL AND KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING TOO MUCH UNDER MORE NORTHERLY FLOW. ONCE
AGAIN...THE POSSIBILITY OF VALLEY FOG AND STRATUS IS THERE WHICH
WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE PRESENT AND VALLEY
INVERSIONS.
.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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