Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Snow, snow, snow

Last weekend they said we were going to get dumped on, we only ended up with about 3" and half melted then froze. The temps are what was bad, -12 or more with the Windchill.
Monday they said that we were in a Winter Advisory for Wed, expecting 4-7" of snow but we laughed at it. Then late yesterday it was turned into a Winter Storm Warning. I still laughed. Woke up at 8:45am this morning and there was about 2" of snow on the ground, I checked the weather channels website and there was a huge storm over us. I just checked it again at 6:40pm PST and the same storm is over us, hasn't moved sense this morning. I'd guess theres about 4-5" out there now, and the NOAA and NWS and our local news just changed the expected snow fall to

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY.

SNOWFALL OF MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR SPOKANE...TO
NEAR 18 INCHES FOR COEUR D'ALENE AND MANY OF THE TOWNS SITUATED
IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
11 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS.


A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...
POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE
FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD.



Picture from 3:30pm PST out front





Pictures around 6:30pm out back