Boise Region Daily Snow

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By Matthew Platt, Forecaster Posted 1 year ago March 14, 2023

Quick Update

Summary

Storm has performed a bit better than expected so far. Figured I would post a quick morning update to re-affirm a few things and make adjustments.

Short Term Forecast

The storm has performed really well so far for Tamarack which is about as expected. I believe they reported about 8 inches yesterday morning and looks like another 8+ inches on the snow stake today. Brundage did well too with 3 inches reported yesterday and 7 inches today. That southwest wind works wonders for Tamarack. Bogus did very well yesterday as well with 7 inches reported and an inch today. The lower amounts at Bogus are most likely due to temperatures.

Our final storm will hit the area starting mid to late morning and last all the way until early Wednesday morning. This is definitely the strongest round of storms and is forecasted to drop around 2 inches of precipitation in under 24 hours at most locations in our area.

Temperatures are going to be warm though especially at Bogus. There is some disagreement on what the exact snow level is going to be though. The shorter range models are a bit bearish with levels at around 5500 feet until ~4pm when they crest to over 8k feet. The GFS is a bit more bullish with freezing levels staying at 5500 until around 6pm then moving to a hair over 7k feet. Either way.... it is going to be a wet evening up there. Temperatures are then forecasted to drop below 6k around 1am so there is a good chance that Bogus could still end up reporting some good inches tomorrow.

Tamarack and Brundage are definitely going to fair better with snow levels staying below 5500 feet for the duration of the storm. Check out the total precipitation on the GFS for Brundage:

Not too bad at all with 2+ inches of precipitation forecasted! 

Tamarack will be favored with the storm moving in from the southwest, but I still think Brundage will do well. I would look for between 12-24 inches at Brundage at elevations above 6k feet through tomorrow morning. Tamarack will get between 18-24 inches at their snowstake. I still think Bogus could pick up 4-8 inches of snow by morning as well. Unfortunately, it is going to be very crusty up there with rain today and then temperatures dropping significantly after about midnight. 

Quick note on Sun Valley. I think they could do extremely well. They have good elevation (colder temperatures) and will get ample moisture from their preferred wind direction (southwest). I would look for them to get 18-24 inches. 

If you are just aching to chase hit SV; if you prefer to chase southwest Idaho I would probably lean Tamarack over Brundage. Truthfully the issue with SV will be if they can even open their bowls with that much snow overnight. Avalanche danger is going to be extreme across the entire region. 

After the storm moves out tomorrow morning, we will have a beautiful, if colder than average, remainder of the week.

Extended Forecast

The next series of storms impacts the area on Sunday with another storm Tuesday (3/21), and another storm after that Thursday (3/23). Let's get through this storm before we look at exact numbers.

About Our Forecaster

Matthew Platt

Forecaster

Matthew graduated from the University of Nebraska in 2014 with a B.S. in Mathematics and now lives in Idaho with his family. He loves to camp, hike, ski, and explore Idaho with his wife and 3 boys. Matthew has been chasing powder for over a decade and forecasting for the Boise region since moving to the area in 2018.

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