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Records set, more storms lined up
COEUR d'ALENE -- Didn't like getting dumped on last weekend?
Well, buck up. There's more where that came from.
The record-breaking storm that moved out of the area Sunday offered a glimpse at what the weather may look like the rest of the week.
A series of four more winter storms is likely to blow into the area through early February, National Weather Service meteorologist Kerry Jones said Monday. The first was expected to track across the area last night and early today, dropping a load of light snow, Jones said.
"This is going to be a really active weather week," Jones said. "We're just not getting a break."
Each storm is predicted to unload 4 or 5 inches of snow, and with below-freezing temperatures likely to cool the air throughout the week, that snow will stay where it falls.
Area school districts could not predict Monday night if upcoming storms would result in school closures or delays.
Kenny Gabriel, chief of the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department, said people needed to be ready for the worst, including long-term power outages.
"They need to have emergency supplies, such as flashlights, water, medication," Gabriel said. "We believe it could be bad for a while."
The intensity of last weekend's storm, which unloaded 21 inches of heavy, wet snow in Coeur d'Alene, is unlikely to occur again this week. Cold temperatures will make the snow lighter and drier, and none of the fronts is expected to last as long as the weekend storm, which snowed 38 consecutive hours, climatologist Cliff Harris said.
Harris said with the four upcoming storms, this is very likely to be the snowiest January on record.
Normally, the area receives an additional 2 feet of snow from February through April. Harris said he thinks it's reasonable to expect that much snow before spring comes.
If not for a series of thaws over the season melting snow on the ground at lower elevations and around Lake Coeur d'Alene, "there would be snow up to the rooftops," Harris said.
So far, the season has seen 101.2 inches of snow fall.
Harris said he expects a high pressure ridge to move through after the first week of February, which could create milder, drier, warmer weather that could melt some of the snow on the ground.
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lakes middle school student wrote on Jan 31, 2008 4:24 PM:
Notice wrote on Jan 30, 2008 9:43 AM:
I am waiting for one driving a hummer to crash into me, I will sue for everything they've got! "
Excited! wrote on Jan 29, 2008 8:51 PM:
local res wrote on Jan 29, 2008 7:56 PM:
jb wrote on Jan 29, 2008 5:18 PM:
Mike wrote on Jan 29, 2008 4:24 PM:
Mama Cass wrote on Jan 29, 2008 3:32 PM:
I've been for a walk on a Winter's day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin' on such a Winter's day
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Carol wrote on Jan 29, 2008 3:22 PM:
CDA and Post Falls does a great job of removing snow on our roadways. We need to be thankful for those folks who are out there early and late to make sure our roads are as safe as possible.
If this type of weather is too much for you to bear, then you need to consider another place to live. This is what can be expected here in our part of the world. No one should be surprised at this weather here in the Northwest, it goes with the territory. "
get real wrote on Jan 29, 2008 1:37 PM:
it's the north - it happens. i'm from montana - i never saw a snow tire or heard of front wheel drive until i was in my 30's...
notice that we aren't all over the national news like when this happens elsewhere? because we and others expect it and we deal with it - quit the whining please. "
Hey Mother Nature wrote on Jan 29, 2008 12:36 PM:
To Downtown Plowing wrote on Jan 29, 2008 12:24 PM:
"Spokane City Councilman Al French and city street officials don't believe it's fair to compare the plowing priorities of the two cities, given the differences in snowfall, tax revenue and other factors such as the South Hill and narrower streets in Spokane.
But French said he envies the fact that Coeur d'Alene officials have had the political will to keep enough money in the city's street maintenance budget to avoid some of the problems that plague Spokane streets, such as potholes."
Welcome to Idaho. It snows here.
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Sean Garmire wrote on Jan 29, 2008 11:45 AM:
In the print version of the story today a graph was included that listed the top five largest storms in Cda history. The storm last weekend was the third largest in terms of total accumulation, and the second longest-lasting. "
Jim wrote on Jan 29, 2008 10:02 AM:
snow! wrote on Jan 29, 2008 9:43 AM:
record? wrote on Jan 29, 2008 7:36 AM:
Downtown Plowing wrote on Jan 29, 2008 7:01 AM:
there you have it wrote on Feb 1, 2008 12:51 PM: