Heavy Snow Warning 13, NWS Spokane, WA

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 300625
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

IDZ004-301430-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0013.061130T0900Z-061201T0600Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THURSDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A
FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS IS POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS
UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WAZ037-038-301430-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.061130T0800Z-061130T1800Z/
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3
TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE LIKELY. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-301430-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.061130T0900Z-061130T1800Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OVER THE SPOKANE AREA AND SLOWLY
DRIFT TOWARD THE PALOUSE TOWARD MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT
TIMES THROUGH MID-MORNING OVER THE SPOKANE AREA AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MIDDAY OVER THE PALOUSE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT EXPECTED OVER IDAHO.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ001-301430-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.061130T0900Z-061201T0000Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5
TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS WINTER STORM
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WAZ042-301430-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0000Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
1025 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA AS A MOIST PACIFIC
WEATHER SYSTEM COMES ON SHORE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...EXCEPT NEAR THE CREST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS BY THURSDAY...WHILE AREAS
HIGHER UP IN THE CASCADES WILL SEE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW THROUGH
THE DAY THURSDAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 301233
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

IDZ004-302045-
/O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS
IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT AS UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

IDZ027-302045-
/O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. EXPECT 2 TO
4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WAZ042-302045-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T2100Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

NUMEROUS MORNING SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE
CREST...WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES NEAR
THE CASCADE CREST.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WAZ037-038-301800-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T1800Z/
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

NUMEROUS EARLY MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME
SCATTERED DURING THE DAY. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-301800-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T1800Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

EARLY MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES....LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES FOR THE
IDAHO PALOUSE AND THE HILLS AROUND COEUR DALENE. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ001-302045-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0000Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
433 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS
IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT AS UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS.



A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 301434
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

WAZ037-038-301545-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T1800Z/
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...
NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS
ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW
ON MAINLY THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTONS SELKIRK
RANGE BETWEEN NEWPORT AND METALINE FALLS. THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS
SHOULD SEE LITTLE...IF ANY...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. INCLUDING
THE OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE COMMON.
FOR THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN. 

$$

IDZ004-302245-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN
THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP OVER THE
MOUNTAINS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

IDZ027-302245-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. EXPECT 2 TO
4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-301800-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T1800Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. 

EARLY MORNING SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES....LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES
FOR THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND THE HILLS AROUND COEUR DALENE.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WAZ042-302100-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T2100Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NUMEROUS MORNING SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE
CREST...WILL DECREASE DURING THE DAY. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES NEAR
THE CASCADE CREST.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ001-302245-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0000Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
634 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. EXPECT THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY
SNOW TO DECREASE STEADILY THIS MORNING IN THE VALLEYS...BUT LINGER
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. INCLUDING THE OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL...STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 8
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE COMMON. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5
INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND BONNERS
FERRY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 301657
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-301800-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T1800Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...
MOSCOW...PULLMAN...SPOKANE
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...PULLMAN...AND MOSCOW
AREAS.

THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END THIS
MORNING. THE WEATHER SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SNOW TO THE
SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...AND MOSCOW AREAS HAS MOVED TO THE
SOUTHEAST. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR
LESS.

PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SPOKANE INDICATE THAT ABOUT 2 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL THIS MORNING. AN EARLY REPORT FROM MOSCOW SUGGESTS THAT
ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON THE PALOUSE THIS MORNING. DRIVE
WITH CAUTION THIS MORNING. MANY HIGHWAYS AND STREETS ARE SNOW AND
ICE COVERED.

$$

IDZ004-302300-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. 

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW BAND HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
BRING MORE SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE TODAY.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WALLACE...
KELLOGG...AND ST. MARIES AREAS. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY
NEAR LOOKOUT PASS CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN 9
AM AND 7 PM. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 7
INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS.

AN EARLY REPORT FROM KELLOG SUGGESTS THAT 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
THIS MORNING.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

IDZ027-302300-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR
THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING.

WINCHESTER REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW AS OF 830 AM.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WAZ042-302100-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T2100Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE CASCADE
CREST THIS MORING. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ALONG
HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF STEVENS PASS BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IDZ001-302300-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0000Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
857 AM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. EXPECT AN ADDITINAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE
SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS.

BETWEEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BONNERS FERRY
THIS MORNING.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 302000
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1200 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

IDZ001-302100-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0000Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER
1200 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE.
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN
IDAHO TODAY.

$$

WAZ042-302100-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061130T2100Z/
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP
1200 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED TODAY IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP AND WINTHROP.
TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE
CASCADE CREST...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
EAST OF STEVENS PASS.

$$

IDZ004-010300-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
1200 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE
LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO
PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA...WILL BE 7 TO 9
INCHES.

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THE VALLEY COMMUNITIES
OF KELLOGG...ST. MARIES...WALLACE...AND MULLAN THROUGH 7 PM.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

$$

IDZ027-010300-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
1200 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF
SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN NEZPERCE REPORTED ONE INCH OF
ACCUMULATION AS OF 12 PM...WITH SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 302204
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
204 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST...

.THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING. A RELATIVELY WEAK QUICK MOVING DISTURBANCE
WILL BRING SOME ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO...AS WELL
AS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE LATE TONIGHT...BUT THROUGH MID EVENING THE
THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LOW.

IDZ004-302315-
/O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARIES...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
204 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE.
WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS HAVE FAILED TO MATERIALIZE THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
BE RELATIVELY MINOR AND WILL NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A QUICK MOVING
WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
RESTRICTED TO THE MOUNTAINS.

$$

IDZ027-302315-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-061201T0300Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER
204 PM PST THU NOV 30 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS FAILED TO MATERIALIZE THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS. NO
FURTHER ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

ANOTHER QUICK MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
218 PM PST WED NOV 29 2006

.SYNOPSIS...THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER
THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME
NORTHWEST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH MAINLY MOUNTAIN SNOW
SHOWERS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A
WELL-DEVELOPED MARITIME EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE BEARING DOWN ON THE
BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST AT THIS TIME. MODELS SEEM TO HAVE A VERY
GOOD HANDLE ON THE MID-LEVEL DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM...INCLUDING THE NAM GOOD 500 MB DIFFLUENCE NOTED AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM OVER A BROAD AREA MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH AMERICA.
THE INITIAL CIRRUS SHIELD IS CURRENTLY OVERSPREADING OUR CWA...
HOWEVER LITTLE IS NOTICEABLE AT THE MOMENT IN OUR NECK OF THE
WOODS AS LOW-LEVEL STRATUS ARE DOMINATING THE SKIES. THE MODELS
SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE INITIAL 500 MB LOW FILLING
GRADUALLY AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. SIGNIFICANT
DRYING ON WATER VAPOR OVER THE PACIFIC NEAR 48N/135W IS ALSO
INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT PV ANOMALY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE
BASE OF THE AMPLIFYING SHORT WAVE SOUTH OF THE 500 MB CLOSED LOW
TO THE NORTH. OVER TIME AS THIS ANOMALY CONTINUES TO BALL UP
RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY...EXPECT OMEGAS TO REALLY BEGIN TO CRANK
AHEAD OF IT AND THE SPIN-UP OF ANOTHER 500 MB LOW NEAR VANCOUVER
ISLAND SEEMS IMMINENT. AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH DEEPENS...THE PV
ANOMALY WILL BEGIN TO DIVE ESE-WARD...FOCUSING LIFT AHEAD IT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO- THIRDS OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...WITH FLOW AT 850 MB INCREASING DURING THE
DAYTIME TODAY...AND COMING ON SHORE OVERNIGHT...EXPECT LOW-LEVEL
MIXING RATIOS TO COME UP SIGNIFICANTLY...ADDITIONALLY...WITH FLOW
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT AT 850 MB IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS
AT TIMES...EXPECT A GOOD BIT OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO AID IN
VERTICAL MOTION DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY FROM SPOKANE TO THE
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWARD. MODELS FURTHERMORE
SEEMS TO BE RATHER FIXED ON SIGNIFICANT LIFTING IN THE 285-295K
LAYER...WITH THE GFS SLIGHTLY MORE BULLISH THAN THE NAM...BUT BOTH
SHOWING SIMILAR MOISTURE INFILTRATION INTO THE CWA IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE FLOW OFF THE PACIFIC. MODEL TIME-HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS
FROM BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE A HIGHLY SATURATED COLUMN
ACROSS THE CWA WITH VERTICAL MOTION CENTERED IN THE -12 TO -18C
LAYER...COUPLE THIS WITH SNOW RATIOS LIKELY OVER 15 OR EVEN
20:1...A DECENT SNOWFALL IS IN STORE FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE CWA.
ADDITIONALLY...GOOD TILT TO Q-CONVERGENCE FIELDS WITH HEIGHT FROM
850 MB ALL THE WAY UP TO 300 MB WITH DECENT SUPPORT FOR ASCENT
FROM A LOW-LEVEL FRONTAL CIRCULATION. FOR THESE REASON...HAVE
HOISTED SNOW ADVISORIES FOR MOST OF THE CWA REPLACING THE WINTER
STORM WATCHES THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT. ANOTHER ISSUE TO MONITOR AS
THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS IS POTENTIAL INFILTRATION OF AN ABOVE
FREEZING LAYER IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN.
SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATE A SLIM LAYER ABOVE
FREEZING NEAR 700 OR 800 MB. IT IS RATHER UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME
WHETHER THIS LAYER WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETELY MELT THE
HYDROMETEORS FALLING THROUGH IT...HOWEVER REGARDLESS OF THIS IT
SEEMS THE LOWER LEVELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY COLD AND COLD ENOUGH IN A
DEEP ENOUGH MANNER THAT PRECIPITATION SHOULD STILL REFREEZE
COMPLETELY BEFORE IT IMPACTS THE SURFACE IF IT DOES MELT. FOR THIS
REASON CHANCES OF SLEET WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LOWER BASIN.
DEPENDING ON HOW THIS SITUATION EVOLVES...A WINTER WEATHER OR
SLEET ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE BASIN BUT WITH LOW CONFIDENCE
CANNOT ISSUE ONE AT THIS TIME.

THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCES OF NOTE COME WITH HOW THE NAM AND GFS
HANDLE FLOW OVER THE CASCADES AND POTENTIAL DRY SLOTTING FOR
THURSDAY IN THE BASIN AND SPOKANE AREAS. TO PUT IT MILDLY...THE
GFS IS MUCH DRIER. BECAUSE FLOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS IS OF MARITIME
ORIGINS...IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT ITS EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL
TEMPERATURE IS QUITE HIGH...WHILE THE AIR IN PLACE IN THE BASIN
AND THE REST OF THE CWA FOR THAT MATTER HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE A PRETTY LOW EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE...THE DOWNSLOPE
WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE RATHER DRAMATIC TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT WORKING
AGAINST STABILITY. WITH LITTLE CONFIDENCE THAT EVEN THE DRYING IN
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS AS WELL AS SYNOPTIC SCALE SUBSIDENCE
BEHIND THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO SCOUR MUCH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE OR
COLD AIR OUT OF THE BASIN...HAVE MAINTAINED A MOSTLY CLOUDY
FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE THROUGH THE
PERIOD GIVEN COLD AIR IN PLACE AND TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF WELL
BELOW GUIDANCE IN MOST LOCATIONS. /FRIES

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AT THE START OF THE PERIOD ONE
SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING...AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD
IN...THEN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND ANOTHER SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY
PROJECTED TO APPROACH. MODELS HAVE REASONABLE AGREEMENT AND
CONSISTENCY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT RUN-
TO-RUN CONSISTENCY AND MODEL-TO-MODEL AGREEMENT BEGINS TO
DIVERGE...BUT MORE ON THAT LATER. ON FRIDAY...THE REGION WILL
STILL BE UNDER THE NW STORM TRACK WITH THE JET STREAM SLICING
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A RIPPLE OF ENERGY SWINGS AROUND THE
BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW (BY THIS TIME NOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL
CANADA). A SMALL SLUG OF Q-CONVERGENCE TEAMED UP WITH 700-500MB
OMEGA...THE LFQ OF THE JET AND A WNW TO NW UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO MEAN SLIGHT TO CHANCE POPS OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN 3RD
OF THE CWA...ESPLY IN THE AM. PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE
PRIMARILY SNOW. SOME OF THE VERTICAL PROFILES ACROSS THE CAMAS
PRAIRIE SUGGEST THERE MAY BE SOME LOWER LEVEL MELTING...AND A
MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET (AND PERHAPS RAIN) IS POSSIBLE HERE. IN
ANY CASE...ACCUMULATIONS UNDER 3000 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON
AVERAGE LESS THAN 1 INCH...IF ANY. BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...500MB HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE WITH A RIDGE BUILDING IN. WITH
SFC HIGH PRESSURE BECOMING CENTERED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST...A
NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL PREDOMINATE THE LOWER LEVELS.
THIS AND LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL PRECLUDE THE AREA FROM SEEING
ANY REAL WARM UP...AND AREAS OF STRATUS WILL LINGER. (ALSO HAVE
SOME PATCHY FOG OVER THE DEEPER BASIN...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR
PERHAPS SOME -DZ/-FZDZ). BY SUNDAY...GUIDANCE HAS BEEN WAFFLING
BACK AND FORTH ON THE PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF SOME PACIFIC
STORMS...AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER THERE HAS NOT BEEN TOO MUCH
CONSISTENCY. THUS CONFIDENCE IS SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE. THIS
SAID...THERE HAS BEEN A TREND TO BRING ANOTHER SYSTEM TOWARD THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST EITHER SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. BUT WITH THE
RIDGING PROJECTED TO BUILD OVER THE REGION EARLIER IN THE
WEEKEND...MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING THE ENERGY FURTHER NORTH.
POPS WERE REDUCED THROUGH SUNDAY (ESPLY FROM THE SOUTH) TO DEPICT
SLIGHT TO LCL CHANCE MTN POPS. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE TREND
TOWARD THE STORM ENERGY FURTHER NORTH...BLENDED CLIMO WITH FURTHER
NORTH THINKING. TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE. /JCOTE

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MODELS NOT IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEY DO AGREE ON A RIDGE LOCATED SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND THE INLAND NORTHWEST. HOWEVER THE
PLACEMENT OF THE RIDGE WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON WEATHER AND
TEMPERATURES. A WAVE MOVES OVER THE RIDGE AND CLIPS THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA MONDAY. HAVE INCREASED CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS IDAHO DURING THIS TIME. GFS IS ADVERTISING A
SUSPICIOUS CUTOFF LOW GOING UNDER THE RIDGE AND INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA LATE MONDAY. GFS APPEARS TO BE THE OUTLIER WITH THIS
IDEA. ALSO...LATEST 12Z ECMWF NOW APPEARS TO BRING A TROUGH INTO
THE PAC NW TUESDAY. GIVEN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SEEING THIS
SOLUTION...AND IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT...WILL DISCOUNT IT
FOR NOW. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE SIMILAR TO 00Z ECMWF AND WILL TREND
FORECAST TO THE 00Z ECMWF. CONTINUED TO UNDERCUT THE MOS
FORECASTED TEMPERATURES AND KEEP TEMPERATURES GENERALLY AT OR BELOW
FREEZING. /KOCH

&&

.AVIATION...
WITH THE DECK OF LOW-LYING STRATUS CENTERED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2500
AND 3000 FEET...A COUPLE OF THE TAF SITES ARE BORDERLINE BETWEEN
VFR AND MVFR THIS MORNING. AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON...EXPECT SOME
BREAKUP TO THE STRATUS DECK SUCH THAT MOST SITES SHOULD GO VFR BY
LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS GENERALLY EVERYWHERE THROUGH
TONIGHT...WHEN THEY BEGIN TO PICK UP...ESPECIALLY TOWARD KPUW...AS
SNOW OVERSPREADS THE AREA. EXPECT THAT ESPECIALLY
KGEG...KSFF...KCOE...AND KPUW WILL LIKELY SEE 1/2SM OR LESS
VISIBILITIES FOR A PERIOD OF A COUPLE HOURS TOWARD THE END OF THE
TAF PERIOD. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES SHOULD NOT LAST
LONG HOWEVER AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM IS A VERY FAST MOVER. /FRIES

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        10  26  16  24  14  28 /  80  80  30  20  10  10
COEUR DALENE  11  25  16  25  15  29 /  80  80  30  20  10  10
PULLMAN        15  30  20  28  20  29 /  50  80  30  20  10  10
LEWISTON       18  35  25  33  24  34 /  30  70  20  20  10  10
COLVILLE        8  23  12  20  11  27 /  80  70  20  20  10  10
SANDPOINT      12  22  14  20  12  28 /  80  80  20  30  20  10
KELLOGG        12  24  18  27  19  29 /  60  80  40  30  20  10
MOSES LAKE     14  28  17  27  20  30 /  60  60  10  10  10  10
WENATCHEE      13  26  17  27  21  30 /  60  60  10  10  10  10
OMAK            6  23  12  26  16  28 /  70  60  10  10  10  10

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL
     PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
     NORTHERN PANHANDLE.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     COEUR DALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE.

WA...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     SPOKANE AREA...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR
     EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
618 AM PST WED NOV 29 2006

IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036>038-042-043-301430-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...ST. MARIES...
KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SPOKANE...
COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...
OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE
618 AM PST WED NOV 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

THE FOLLOWING WATCHES WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
   WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR
     OKANOGAN VALLEY
   SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
     COEUR D ALENE AREA...SPOKANE AREA
   WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
     THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST SLOPES NORTH CASCADES
   WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
     THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS
   SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST
     THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS
   WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
     THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
   SEAWSWOTX  /WWUS46 KOTX/

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES TODAY AS ARCTIC AIR REMAINS
OVER THE AREA. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS
MORNING OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEY WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND
CHILL READINGS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SNOW
OVER NORTHERN AREAS MAINLY LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND IDAHO THURSDAY...AS WELL AS NEAR THE CASCADE
CREST.

IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>035-041-044-301430-
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSCOW...LEWISTON...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...
PULLMAN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...
COULEE DAM...ODESSA...ELECTRIC CITY...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...
COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
618 AM PST WED NOV 29 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UNSEASONABLE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TODAY AS ARCTIC AIR
REMAINS OVER THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATING SNOWS POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO.