A moist westerly flow across the Intermountain West produced heavy snow over parts of Western Idaho and Eastern Oregon from the early morning hours to mid day New years Day.
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The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A moist westerly flow across the Intermountain West produced heavy snow over parts of Western Idaho and Eastern Oregon from the early morning hours to mid day New years Day.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A cooperative observer at Yellow Pine Bar reported over thirteen inches of snow during a twenty four hour period on New Year Day while trained spotters and SNOTEL sites reported from six to eight inches over a twelve hour period during the early morning hours.
Cooperative observers and trained spotters reported from eight to nine inches of snow while most of the SNOTEL sites reported from six to nine inches.
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