Several storms approaching the region
Kicking off an active pattern as we go into Christmas week. Several storms will pass by. Some of them won't bring a lot of precipitation to the region, but others could drop several inches of new snow.
Tonight, our first storm. Its a weak one. We expect 1-3 inches of snow in the eastern highlands with only a few flurries in the snake river plain. Temperatures will generally be in the teens and 20s.
Sunday we'll have a few leftovers from our previous storm. Again only small amounts of snow in the mountains with a few light rain showers in the snake river plain. Daytime highs will generally be in the 30s with a few low 40s.
Monday we have our second storm. This one will bring a tad more moisture than the previous system, but it still will bring only a few inches to the mountains with a cold light rain or rain/snow mix to the Snake River Plain. Daytime highs will once again be in the 30s and low 40s.
Tuesday, our third storm. This one looks to have a better chance of bringing more significant snow showers to the region. At the moment it looks like several inches of new snow is likely for the mountains with rain showers transitioning to snow showers at night for the Snake River Plain. A white Christmas looks very likely for areas above about 6500 feet. Below that, a white Christmas looks possible, but the change over from rain to snow will need to happen soon enough to take advantage of night time temps. We'll watch and see.
We have a few more storms after Christmas day that could each bring more snow to the mountains. Overall, this is good as we need the water. Temperatures will cool a bit by the end of the week with afternoon highs mainly in the lower to mid 30s.
