Saturday Situation Report

Southern California is in line for some nasty weather today and tomorrow. The mountains resorts could get a foot of snow. Flash flood watches are posted throughout most of coastal SOCAL. The morning AFD from San Diego hints at another big storm in a week.

Meanwhile, down in Old Airy Zonie, the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains are in the crosshairs. The QPF progs them to get about 2.5 inches of water over the next five days. Since they're talking a snow level down to 5000 feet, that could mean over two feet of snow for the Arizona Rim Country and Apache Land. If they do get those kind of numbers, it will mean the water users will be singing "Happy Days Are Here Again." No more irrigation worries at least for another growing season.

Not much is progged for our area here in Idaho. We're coasting along in pretty good shape as far as the snowpack goes. If we get a few more stucco jobs, that wold be a real good thing. Way back before all the winter mayhem got rolling, I read a study that said the Upper Snake only needed to reach 90% to get Tater Nation through the Summer of 09. We definitely have 90 percent in the bag and everything above that is gravy.

Meanwhile, way out in the Far Eastern Pacific, it sure looks like there's some real nice water vapor blobs taking shape. Siberia continues to look good, too. There's a hint that the Southern water tap will get more active soon as well. The jet stream is getting kinky again. Be sure to take a look at it this morning.

All-in-all, it adds up to a a "sitting pretty" situation in early February. it sure beats having a gi-normous high pressure system sitting on top of us with sunny skies day after freaking day! If I had to guess, I'd reckon February will produce at least average precip. Average here is about .75 inch. If we're lucky, we'll go slightly higher and the uplands and mountains will pick up another foot of snow.

That's about it for Saturday morning. Don't forget to dress up real nice for SUnday School tomorrow! I'll have all yer number two pencils all sharpened and ready for class.