Nine inches of snow fell at Dollarhide and 11 inches fell at Swede Peak in the Big and Little Wood River area.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Nine inches of snow fell at Dollarhide and 11 inches fell at Swede Peak in the Big and Little Wood River area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 23, 8:22 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 822 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2008 .DISCUSSION...FIRST LOOK AT THE 00Z NAM12 MODEL RUN SHOWS A CONTINUATION OF A DOWNWARD TREND ON TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER SNAKE PLAIN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. TIMING OF PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO BURLEY AREA NEAR OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 18Z RUN AND CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. MESO SURFACE HIGH VICINITY OF DRIGGS FAVORS THE CURRENT EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS AT POCATELLO UNTIL THE HIGH SHIFTS SOUTHWARD TOWARDS MORNING AT WHICH TIME LIMITED SHADOWING OF PRECIPITATION FROM DOWN SLOPE WINDS IS POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS. SNOW LEVELS ALSO LOOK PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH PAST RUNS...ABOUT 5200 FEET IN BURLEY AREA WITH ENOUGH WARM AIR INTO POCATELLO FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. SO FOR THE LOWER SNAKE PLAIN EXPECTATIONS OF SNOW MAY ONLY BE A HALF INCH. FOR THE UPPER PLAIN SNOW LEVELS REMAIN CLOSER TO THE SURFACE AND UP TO 3 INCHES COULD STILL ACCUMULATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. FOR THE SUN VALLEY TO STANLEY STRETCH THE CURRENT HEAVY SNOW WARNING WITH MOST ACCUMULATION ABOVE 7000 FEET STILL LOOKS GOOD. 00Z RUN SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR A FOOT OF SNOW OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ONLY AREA OF CONCERN AT THE MOMENT IS THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. 00Z RUN LOOKS A LITTLE WETTER AGAIN. FIRST DISTURBANCE FROM CALIFORNIA MOVES THROUGH TODAY FOLLOWED BY DISTURBANCE FROM THE NORTH ON SUNDAY THAT MAKES FOR A PROTRACTED TWO DISTURBANCE EVENT SPANNING 36 TO 48 HOURS. TOTAL SNOW MAY REACH WARNING LEVELS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT DETAILS OF SNOW LEVEL AND SEE THE GFS. RS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 142 PM MST SAT FEB 23 2008/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW OVER THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS DUE TO A MINOR UPPER TROF WHICH WILL BE PUSHED OUT BY THE RIDGE BUILDING AHEAD OF THE PAC STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE NRN CA COAST ON SUNDAY...BUT WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF IT WILL RESULT IN PRECIP SPREADING ACROSS THE FCST AREA BY SUN MORNING. THE STORM SYSTEM UNRAVELS AND BECOMES VERY DISORGANIZED ON SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL BE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF WARM ADVECTION AND UPSLOPE. MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL FALL DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL MTNS...MAINLY ALONG THE RIDGELINE BETWEEN BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES. THIS IS THE USUAL IMPACT AREA FOR UPSLOPE/WAA SNOWFALL. IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS...IT STILL LOOKS MARGINAL FOR HEAVY SNOW. SOME OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS MAY REACH 9 INCHES...BUT IT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE VERY WIDESPREAD. MOST MTN AREAS WILL SEE 5 TO 8 INCHES. WARMER TEMPS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH MUCH OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION ABOVE 7000FT...WITH MUCH LESS AMOUNTS ON THE VALLEY FLOORS. NOT EXPECTING WINDS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN/EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY...THE PRECIP WILL BE A RAIN/SNOW MIX ON SUNDAY WHEN MOST FALLS. THUS...NOT EXPECTING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PLAIN. THE UPPER VALLEY AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MAGIC VALLEY HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL DUE TO COLDER TEMPS...AND UPSLOPE. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS AREA AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT BY MON MORNING...BUT ANOTHER UPPER TROF MOVES OUT OF SRN BC AND INTO ID ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE FCST AREA. BY TUE...A STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE PAC NW AND WILL DRY OUT THE FCST AREA. HEDGES LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MODELS CONTINUE IS REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH LARGE SCALE RIDGE IN THE WEST. WEAK ENERGY SLIDES THROUGH THE RIDGE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BUT ONLY MINOR EFFECTS IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. RIDGE STRENGTHENS AGAIN BRIEFLY...THEN BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN BY SATURDAY WITH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HITTING WASH AND OREGON COAST. BASED ON LAST NIGHTS RUN...ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THIS CURRENT PACKAGE....AS NO DRASTIC VARIATIONS IN MODEL RUNS NOTED. VLP AVIATION...BRIEF RESPITE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SHIFT THROUGH BEFORE THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY RACING INLAND FROM LARGE PACIFIC STORM. EXPECT LOWERING CLOUDS TO IFR BY 6Z AND WIDESPREAD IFR BY 12Z...WITH A MIX OF RAIN SNOW AROUND KBYI...WHILE UPPER SNAKE VALLEY TO REMAIN MORE SNOW UNTIL AFTER 18Z. KSUN WILL SEE ALL SNOW AND POTENTIAL FOR LIFR CONDITIONS BY 13Z AS MAIN SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. EXPECT LOWER CLOUDS AND VIS CONCERNS TO REMAIN THROUGH AFTERNOON TOMORROW. VLP && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MST MONDAY FOR IDZ018-031. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 500 AM MST SAT FEB 23 2008 IDZ017>025-031-032-241300- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 500 AM MST SAT FEB 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO STARTING TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON OTHER PARTS OF EASTERN IDAHO. ALL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO. SEE THE LATEST URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. LOW ELEVATION RAIN AND SNOW...AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW...IS EXPECTED NEARLY ALL DAY SUNDAY WITH THE PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .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.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Nine inches of snow fell at Dollarhide and 11 inches fell at Swede Peak in the Big and Little Wood River area.
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