Last Day of Summer

Even though The First Official Day of Fall was Monday, today is the last unofficial day of Summer here in Idaho Falls.  It's almost certain to break the high temperature record for this date today set in 1957.  Yep, yesterday's high was 88 degrees which tied the previous 1987 record high temp.  Today is a lock to be 88 degrees once again and will be 3 degrees above the 1957 record.  It's really HOT here in Eastern Idaho right now.

Luckily, the weather will come back to its senses soon and daily highs will drop back into a much more normal Idaho regime of the 50's to 60's.  Bye, Bye Summer Time!  Been nice knowin' ya in Twenty Fourteen.   We'll see ya again next year.  Happy Hibernation!

Hopefully everyone will get the chance to say goodbye to summer today. We are expecting one more day of very warm temperatures, with near record/record highs for Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Challis. It will be breezy again this afternoon, and is some cases the southerly wind will produce downslope conditions that will help boost those highs.

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         88R   305 PM  88    1987  70     18       74
  MINIMUM         50    641 AM  18    2000  37     13       39
  AVERAGE         69                        54     15       57

LONG
TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. DESPITE SOME 
  MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS...WE WILL BE IN FOR WETTER AND 
  MUCH COLDER WEATHER. A CLOSED LOW DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRAS AND 
  VERY SLOWLY PROGRESS EAST OVER THE WEEKEND. THE NAM CONTINUES TO 
  BE FARTHER EAST JUST A BIT VS THE OTHERS...BUT ENOUGH TO BE 
  CONSIDERED THE "ODD MAN OUT" IN TERMS OF WHERE SHOWERS/ISOLATED 
  STORMS WOULD DEVELOP. EVEN THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH 
  OTHER...BUT BOTH KEEP THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION FARTHER WEST 
  FOR SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...WE MAY SEE A DRY SLOT SOMEWHERE ACROSS 
  THE SOUTH BUT THERE IS NOWHERE ENOUGH AGREEMENT THIS MORNING TO 
  TRY AND PINPOINT THAT IN THE FORECAST. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 
  9500-10500 FEET WITH THIS STORM...MEANING THE HIGHEST PEAKS WILL SEE 
  SOME OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. JUST BE PREPARED FOR IT IF YOU DECIDE TO 
  VENTURE OUT TO THOSE AREAS. IT DOES APPEAR THE LOW WILL WEAKEN AND 
  LIFT NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN WYOMING ON MONDAY. IT WILL REMAIN 
  UNSETTLED WITH SHOWERS STILL IN THE FORECAST. ANOTHER STORM WILL 
  SWING INTO IDAHO QUICKLY BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS ONE 
  LOOKS EVEN COLDER...WITH SNOW LEVELS POTENTIALLY DROPPING TO 
  BETWEEN 7000 AND 8000 FEET. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DEFINITELY 
  INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. VALLEY HIGHS 
  THIS WEEKEND WILL RUN 55-65 DEGREES AND OF COURSE COLDER IN THE 
  MOUNTAINS. THEY WILL RUN 50-60 DEGREES WITH STORM NUMBER 2 IN THE 
  VALLEYS...AND 30S/40S IN THE MOUNTAINS.  KEYES