It feels like a lifetime ago when Snowmageddon first ravaged the Idaho roads and let kids feel the freedom of nearly two weeks off from school. And now, Meteorologists might be predicting another “perfect” storm.

Meteorologists have two ways of classifying storms, El Nino and La Nina.  El Nina is a storm that is usually warmer and dryer. El Nino winters are characterized by warmer ocean temperatures and less snow. La Nina winters, their opposite, are known for being storm seasons with cooler ocean temperatures, more water and snow.  

According to www.noaa.gov, they predict that “Warmer-than-average temperatures are favored from the southern tier of the U.S. to the eastern seaboard and northern Alaska. These probabilities are strongest along the Southwest US and most of Florida.”  

In contrast, up here in Idaho, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), says that “Below-average temperatures are slightly favored from the Pacific Northwest to the Northern Plains and western Great Lakes region.”  

Back in 2017, Idaho got hit with a La Nina winter, causing a lot of snowfall in the greater Treasure Valley, and if someone was here during that time, they would remember students getting almost two weeks off of school after winter break, because the snow was falling in layers so thick that they couldn’t plow the roads fast enough to have them stay clear by morning. Students and teachers called it “Snowmageddon”.  

Students at Eagle High can only hope for that to happen again and pray that the school doesn’t use online schooling if the snow gets to be too much.