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KEY MESSAGES

- Snow showers possible through tomorrow night

- Dry conditions and warmer conditions likely through Monday morning - Wet and breezy conditions return starting Tuesday

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1115 AM MST Thu Feb 19 2026

Tonight and Friday...

The small, but impactful band of snow is finally weakening and shifting off to the northeast this afternoon. Behind this, we are only looking at some lighter hit and miss showers through tomorrow night. Most of this will be loosely organized, although there a little better chance later on Friday as a split flow low crosses the state. The bulk of this low clips closer to the Utah border, but overall precipitation amounts will be fairly light. That doesn't mean we won't see a heavier snow or graupel shower around, just nothing fairly organized and heavy like the past 36 hours or so. Lows tonight will be fairly chilly, dropping into the single digits and teens across lowest elevations. Colder valleys will likely be between zero and -10. Highs Friday will be very similar to today, 20s to mid 30s for the valleys.

Saturday through Thursday...

High pressure builds and brings a couple of days' worth of dry and warmer weather our way. Highs by Sunday will be well into the 40s down low with some spots pushing 50 degrees. Monday looks even warmer, despite the ridge breaking down and the next storm approaching. Pretty decent southerly flow will push highs into the mid 40s to mid 50s down low for most of us. The initial edge of rain and snow may be pushing into the central mountains Monday, but trends in most models are holding the arrival until Monday night or Tuesday. That period looks pretty wet especially in the mountains. It also looks fairly breezy day to day, with breezy conditions lasting through most of next week potentially. It dries out a bit after Wednesday, it still looks like some precipitation is possible...more and likely confined to the mountains.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 925 AM MST Thu Feb 19 2026

Light snow showers continue at IDA and DIJ through the early portion of the afternoon. Impacts at IDA should be diminishing over the next hour or two with minimal impacts at DIJ this afternoon. However, snow showers will bring about periods of MVFR conditions at DIJ due to low VIS and CIGs as snow moves through the area. Elsewhere, VFR conditions are expected at SUN, BYI, and PIH with dry conditions and mid to upper level clouds. Winds remain light today, too, with gusts at 15kts or less. Dry conditions are expected on Friday, but light isolated to scattered snow showers will be around Eastern Idaho and increase cloud cover. Probability of snow at any terminal is still too low to add into the TAF for tomorrow at less than 20 percent through 18Z. Some VCSH may be needed in the next TAF update.

PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.