Nine to 12 inches of snow fell in the central mountains of southeastern Idaho.
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The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
Nine to 12 inches of snow fell in the central mountains of southeastern Idaho.
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 14, 3:38 AM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 338 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VERY MOIST ZONAL FLOW STARTING TO MOVE INTO IDAHO. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. EXPECT SNOW LEVELS TO START OUT AT THE VALLEY FLOORS EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE QUICKLY RISING TO 6500 TO 7000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7000 FEET WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY LOOK FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SATURDAY MODELS CONTINUE TO DEVIATE WITH SNOW AMOUNTS. THE NAM MODEL SHOWS LESS PRECIPITATION WHERE THE GFS SHOWS UPSLOPE SNOW OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND 7500 FEET SATURDAY WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY. EXPECT RECORD TO NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL RISE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. FROZEN GROUND...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND RAIN FALLING ON SNOW BELOW 7000 FEET WILL CREATE AREAS OF PONDING OR SHEET FLOODING PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. THUS...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WHICH INCLUDES THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS...THE CARIBOU HIGHLANDS AND THE BEAR LAKE REGION. SUNDAY LOOK FOR DECENT SNOW CHANCES AGAIN ABOVE 7000 TO 7500 AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. LOOK FOR MODERATE WINDS ON SUNDAY PARTICULARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WYATT .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE GFS MAINTAINS A FAIRLY MOIST WEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY/TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING PAC TROUGH WHICH WILL MAKE LANDFALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHILE THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT AND ATTENDING PRECIPITATION SWEEP ACROSS SE IDAHO TUESDAY NIGHT. A SECONDARY PAC TROUGH FOLLOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY AS A COLD UPPER TROUGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION FOR FRIDAY. HUSTON && .AVIATION...A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WAS TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA/NE PACIFIC EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A VERY MOIST PAC FLOW OVERSPREADING THE NW STATES. MODELS CONTINUE WITH THE IDEA OF SHOWING A VERY MOIST WARM FRONTAL PATTERN ADVANCING ACROSS SW IDAHO INTO KBYI/KSUN AROUND 15Z/8AM AND KPIH/KIDA AROUND 18Z/11AM. THE NAM WAS SHOWING A DEEP LAYER OF COMPLETELY SATURATED CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN IFR/LIFR CIGS...WHEREAS THE GFS AND MOS GUIDANCE APPEARED TO FAVOR MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT KBYI/KPIH/KIDA IN RAIN (RAIN/SNOW AT KIDA). KSUN WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW AIRFIELD MINIMUMS SOMETIME BETWEEN 15-18Z THIS MORNING IN SNOW WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS PERHAPS AS EARLY AS 03-06Z THIS EVENING AS THE WARM FRONTAL PATTERN WEAKENS/DISSIPATES. HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IDZ019-023>025. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE IDZ019-023-025. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR THE IDZ018-031. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 529 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 IDZ018-019-023-025-031-151230- SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION- 529 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7000 FEET FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. LOOK FOR 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 6500 FEET ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. ADDITIONALLY LOOK FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PARTICULARLY ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES. FURTHERMORE...LOOK FOR AREAS OF FLOODING ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. RAIN ON SNOW BELOW 7000 FEET COULD CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY PARTICULARLY FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS PARTICULARLY BELOW 7000 FEET WHERE RAIN WILL FALL ON SNOW PACK. ADDITIONAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING GOOD PRECIPITATION CHANCES. .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. IDZ017-020>022-024-032-151230- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 529 AM MST FRI FEB 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOOK FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS TODAY AS WELL AS BREEZY TO MODERATE WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOOK FOR NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. EXPECT RAIN SHOWERS TO RETURN ON SUNDAY. LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HIGH WINDS ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING GOOD PRECIPITATION CHANCES. .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.
Area SNOTEL snowfall amounts were: 10 inches at Vienna Mine, 11 inches at Lost Wood Divide, 9 inches at Galena Summit, and 11 inches at Galena.
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