So what is your chance of a white Christmas? They just said on the news we have a 99.9% chance. Then I pulled up the NOAA.gov weather report and wow
Posted by
trish (aka trisha)
Dec 20 '15, 22:26
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Message: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-ID1253D25F3510.WinterStormWarning.1253D2702370ID.BOIWSWBOI.45e9b1c29c879d166f453fbe836edd70 from [email protected]
Sent: 21:04 MST on 12-20-2015
Effective: 21:04 MST on 12-20-2015
Expires: 08:00 MST on 12-22-2015
Event: Winter Storm Warning
Alert: ...SERIES OF STORMS TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STORMS IS ON TRACK TO BEGIN MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY NOON MONDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS AND VALLEY REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST OREGON ARE
EXPECTED AS WELL. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ABOVE 3500 FEET SHOULD CONTINUE EARLY TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING THEN HEAVIER AS THE SNOW LINE DROPS TO 2500 FEET.
SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD RETURN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW LEVELS WILL FLUCTUATE...AND RAIN EXPECTED BELOW MOUNTAIN HOME, BOISE AND ONTARIO BELOW THE I-84 CORRIDOR...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY...ADDITIONAL WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED THROUGH fRIDAY THE 25TH.
THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS INCLUDE WEST CENTRAL AND BOISE MOUNTAINS...BOISE VALLEY...CAMAS PRAIRIE PRAIRIE...TREASURE VALLEY AND PRAIRIE...AND UPPER WEISER RIVER BASIN.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES OVER HIGHER PEAKS. THE UPPER WEISER BASIN WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE TREASURE VALLEY AND CAMAS PRAIRIE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...TRENDING
WESTERLY BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL COINCIDE...AND OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-COVERED...SNOW-PACKED...AND/OR ICY. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS LIKELY.
Instructions: A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKETS/COATS,,,AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Target Area:
Boise Mountains
Treasure Valley
Camas Prairie
Upper Weiser River
West Central Mountains
Forecast Office: NWS Boise (Southwestern Idaho and Eastern Oregon)
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