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Southwest Idaho, Start your engines

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Heavy Snow Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
351 PM MST FRI DEC 28 2007

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM FOR SATURDAY..

.A SERIES OF SMALL IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE
ENTIRE REGION. THE MOUNTAINS OF BAKER COUNTY OREGON AND THE WEST
CENTRAL AND BOISE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST IDAHO WILL SEE THE MOST
SNOW...AS USUAL...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES ON NORTHWEST FACING
SLOPES ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE MAINLY SNOW
THROUGH THIS EVENT. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD WHERE THE
SNOW MIXES WITH RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS A
WARM FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED QUICKLY
BY A COLD FRONT...RETURNING SNOW TO THE VALLEY FLOOR BY MIDNIGHT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS IN MOST AREAS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING. THE
FOLLOWING WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REPLACE THE WINTER STORM WATCH
THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED EARLY THIS MORNING.

IDZ011-013-ORZ062-290700-
/O.UPG.KBOI.WS.A.0011.071229T1800Z-071230T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KBOI.HS.W.0003.071229T0600Z-071230T0600Z/
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-BOISE MOUNTAINS-BAKER COUNTY-
351 PM MST FRI DEC 28 2007 /251 PM PST FRI DEC 28 2007/

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING TO 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ SATURDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING FOR BAKER COUNTY AND THE WEST CENTRAL AND BOISE
MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS
EVENING TO 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. IN
THE MOUNTAINS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 11 TO 16 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY UP TO 20 INCHES.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

Have a Happy New Year, as I am now in Texas visiting family. Enjoy the snow. I live in Mountain Home, looking for people to ride with! Watch for avalanches! I'll be back on Sunday the 6th of January. Be safe.
 
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