COEUR d'ALENE - Blast like big horns, the winter will.

So says regional climatologist Cliff Harris, who doesn't predict last year's mostly dry winter will repeat this time around.

If that's the case, at least there'll be a name for each pounding Coeur d'Alene takes, nicely coordinated this year in their North Idaho theme.

Think skiing.

"We were throwing names out there," said Jenny Compton, mother of snowboarding fourth-grader Logan Nosworthy, who won the Coeur d'Alene Street Maintenance Department's "Name the Winter Storm" contest by dubbing future snowfalls after ski runs.

So when the first heavy flakes fall, it'll be called Abracadabra, and the next one will be Bonanza. Crystal Run, Debbiesue, Enchanted Forest, Fast Eddy and Gladiator will follow those.

If you're still shoveling after that, it will be Have Fun, Idaho Fire, J.R. and Kaniksu.

For winning the contest - besides naming rights - Logan and his fourth-grade classmates at Bryan Elementary got to climb aboard street plows and heavy duty rigs Wednesday outside the school to honk the big horns thousands of pounds of machinery carry.

"I talked to all the neighbors, by the way, to let them know what was going on," said Tim Martin, street superintendent, of the homeowners on Harrison Avenue who may or may not have had a headache around 1 in the afternoon.

The competition between Coeur d'Alene schools has been going on since 2000.

What constitutes a storm? Basically, if snow plows have to come out.

Sick of snow already? Take heart, the next two years' themes are more like spring.

Runner-up Erika Skindlov's choice of berries will boast 2011-2012 names. So those snowfalls will be acai berry (similar in size and shape to a grape), followed by blueberry, cranberry, dewberry, edelberry and down the line to the regional staple, huckleberry.

"My mom, she lives in Strawberry Field, and all the streets are named after berries out there," Erika said, taking a break from climbing and honking.

Then comes the sweet chirp of birds for 2012-2013, as named by Sarah Cobetto.

Clearing the driveway then will be for American robin, bluebird, cardinal, duck, eagle, flicker, grosbeak and down the line.

"One summer day I got to hold a hummingbird and I never thought I'd get to hold one," said Sarah, who counts P.E. as her favorite subject. The best part of the day was "getting to climb up and seeing everyone down at the bottom."

And the horns.

"It's finally nice, Martin joked, "when the air horn goes out."