HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 458 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LOW PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE PACIFIC WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS WHERE OVER 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS
ARE WELL. EXPECT LESSER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ARCTIC AIR DROPPING INTO THE WESTERN US WILL BRING VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
DAYTIME HIGHS WILL RANGE ONLY IN THE LOWER TO MID TEENS ACROSS THE
AREA ON THURSDAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING
BELOW ZERO DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
.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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