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KEY MESSAGES
- Cooler weather today, about 10 degrees or so cooler than Friday.
- Isolated to scattered showers and storms Sunday and Monday, in the eastern mountains and central mountains.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 208 AM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026
Will have dry conditions continuing today with winds weakening quite a bit from what they were yesterday and overnight last night. Will still have gusts 20 to 30 mph in the Arco Desert over the INL sites but most gusts under 20 mph elsewhere. Will have much cooler conditions today behind the cold frontal passage with highs in the 50s to lower 60s high elevations and mainly 60s in lower elevations. The next trof approaches from the west Sunday into Monday with the chance of showers and thunderstorms returning Sunday evening through Monday with almost all activity in the eastern mountain region. Will also see some in the central mountains but not expecting much elsewhere in the Snake River Plain or Magic Valley. Sunday will be much warmer again with high temperatures well above normal into the mid to upper 70s again in low elevations with cooling again Monday behind the trof with highs back into the 60s and lower 70s again down low. The rest of the week Tuesday into next Saturday looks dry with seasonable temperatures a few degrees below to above average. Winds not expected to be overly impactful through the forecast period as well.
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/
Issued at 922 PM MDT Fri Sep 25 2026
Wind gusts to 25 kts will continue much of the night. Winds will begin to weaken tomorrow morning. Mid to high level clouds will return for the afternoon.
FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 208 AM MDT Sat Sep 26 2026
Dry conditions expected today with some light rain chances in zones 475 and 476 Sunday into Monday. Zones 411, 413 and 410 have a chance for showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening through Monday as well. Dry conditions expected all locations Tuesday through next Saturday. Temperatures much cooler today, warming Sunday then cooling again Monday with near normal temperatures through the remainder of the week. Some wind gusts 15 to 25 mph today mainly zone 410 and 427 today and Sunday. Not expecting wind impacts the remainder of next week.
PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.
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