More of the same

A regular series of Pacific storms continue to affect our Northwest weather. The daily QPF graphs look remarkably the same each day. The US Navy water vapor photos also seems to be clones of the previous day. The NWS chatter in their various discussions is sounding like the proverbial old broken vinyl record. Idaho Falls has enjoyed a few days above freezing but it looks like we're in for another cold snap. Here's the AM Pocatello AFD snippets:

LATEST IR SATELLITE SHOT SHOWING CLOUDS AND ASSOCIATED PRECIP DUE TO OVERRUNNING. QUITE UNBELIEVABLE OVERRUNNING IN FACT AS TEMPS THIS MORNING RANGE FROM 44F AT BURLEY...44F AT CHALLIS...AND 34F BEING REPORTED AT STANLEY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 14 INCHES IN SAWTOOTHS WHILE UP TO A FOOT EXPECTED IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS. ANOTHER CONCERN ARE THE WINDS. 120KT JET PROGGED TO MOVE OVER REGION THIS MORNING AND IN RESPONSE...HOWEVER...NOW MUST CONTEND WITH A REMARKABLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE. HI TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP ROUGHLY 30 DEGREES BY SATURDAY WITH LOWS BELOW ZERO IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AND SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS REMAINING REGIONS.

The primary beneficiary of this pattern is the Upper Snake River watershed. It is beginning to look very favorable for the 2009 water supply.