Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 1, 2007, 3:54 AM PST for 8 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 7:00 PM PST. It was in force for 42 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2007, 3:54 AM PST (11:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 7:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2007, 1:27 PM PST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 11:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.1 | 4 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | DAILY TOTAL. STILL SNOWING. 3.1 INCHES SINCE 7 PM. |
| Dec 2, 3:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Coeur D'Alene, ID | ESTIMATED 4-5 INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE EVENING. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 2, 3:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Colville, WA | ESTIMATED 4-5 INCHES NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 2, 3:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Okanogan, WA | ESTIMATED 4-5 INCHES SINCE EVENING. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 2, 3:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Wallace, ID | ESTIMATED 4 INCHES NEW SNOW OVERNIGHT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 2, 7:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | |
| Dec 2, 7:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Plain, WA | |
| Dec 2, 7:05 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 3 W Naples, ID | |
| Dec 2, 7:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Cashmere, WA | STILL SNOWING MODERATE AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. ELEVATION 850 FT. |
| Dec 2, 7:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 7 Ne Bonners Ferry, ID | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 2, 7:37 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Metaline Falls, WA | ELEVATION 1800. |
| Dec 2, 7:37 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Athol, ID | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. SNOW DEPTH 11.0 INCHES. ELEVATION 2450 FT. |
| Dec 2, 8:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 Wnw Deer Park, WA | ELEVATION APPROX. 2390 FT. |
| Dec 2, 8:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Nw Cashmere, WA | STILL MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Dec 2, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 6 Sse Priest River, ID | STILL SNOWING. ELEVATION 2930 FT. |
| Dec 2, 9:25 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Wnw Diamond Lake, WA | SNOW DEPTH 13.5 INCHES. ELEVATION 2536 FT. |
| Dec 2, 9:25 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Blanchard, ID | SNOW STILL FALLING. ELEVATION 2200 FT. |
| Dec 2, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11.3 | 12 Nw Troy, ID | |
| Dec 2, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | Nw Cashmere, WA | ELEVATION 900 FT. SNOW HAS ENDED |
| Dec 2, 10:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 S Sandpoint, ID | ESTIMATED 8-10 INCHES. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. ELEVATION 2089 |
| Dec 2, 10:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 E Post Falls, ID | ELEVATION 2200 FT. |
| Dec 2, 10:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 9 Nw Chelan, WA | SNOW STILL FALLING MODERATE. ELEVATION 1400 FT. |
| Dec 2, 10:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Osburn, ID | ELEVATION 2600 FT. |
| Dec 2, 11:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Pinehurst, ID | ELEVATION 2300 FT. |
| Dec 2, 11:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 3 W Naples, ID | STILL SNOWING. TEMPERATURE 20F. ELEVATION 2300 FT. |
| Dec 2, 1:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 12 N Methow, WA | STILL SNOWING NEAR 1.0 INCH PER HOUR. ELEVATION 2253 FT. |
| Dec 2, 2:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mansfield, WA | ELEVATION 2286 FT. 24-HOUR SNOW TOTAL |
| Dec 2, 2:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 13 E Colville, WA | ELEVATION 2500 FT. 24-HOUR SNOW TOTAL. |
| Dec 2, 2:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | ELEVATION 806 FT. 24-HOUR SNOW TOTAL |
| Dec 2, 3:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Nnw Hauser, ID | ELEVATION 2600 FT. 24-HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 2, 3:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Moyie Springs, ID | STORM TOTAL OVER LAST 24 HOURS. ELEVATION 2150. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 2, 4:10 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Mansfield, WA | DOUGLAS 30 - ELEV 2274 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:29 PM PST | HEAVY SLEET 7 | East Wenatchee, WA | DOUGLAS 42 - ELEV 920 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 8 Nnw Rockford, WA | SPOKANE 133 - ELEV 3000 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 1 Sw Omak, WA | OKANOGAN 50 - ELEV 1200 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:37 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 E Troy, ID | LATAH 29 - ELEV 2860 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 1 Nw Omak, WA | OKANOGAN 9 - ELEV 1200 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:42 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 17.3 | Cashmere, WA | CHELAN 5 - ELEV 850 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:44 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Viola, ID | LATAH 33 - ELEV 2913 FT |
| Dec 2, 4:53 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Waterville, WA | DOUGLAS 3H - ELEV 2640 FT |
| Dec 2, 5:05 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 3 W Chelan, WA | CHELAN 36 - ELEV 1400 FT |
| Dec 2, 5:06 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Nw Chelan, WA | CHELAN 66 - ELEV 1267 FT |
| Dec 2, 5:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 12 Nw Troy, ID | SNOWFALL AMOUNT SINCE MIDNIGHT MST. |
| Dec 2, 5:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 10 Wnw Deer Park, WA | ELEV 2690 FT |
| Dec 2, 5:37 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 3 Nw Moyie Springs, ID | BOUNDARY 25 - ELEV 2817 FT |
| Dec 2, 6:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Plain, WA | CHELAN 10 - ELEV 1900 FT |
| Dec 2, 6:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 19 | 13 Ssw Cashmere, WA | AREA NEAR BLEWET PASS - ELEV 3000 FT |
| Dec 2, 6:29 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 3 W Boyds, WA | FERRY 11 - ELEV 3360 FT |
| Dec 2, 7:22 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 N Moscow, ID | LATAH 5 - ELEV 2760 - APPROX. 100 FT LOWER IN ELEV GETTING LIGHT DRIZZLE |
| Dec 2, 8:05 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 2 S Malott, WA | OKANOGAN 15 - ELEV 2800 FT - FROM 12/1 3PM TO MIDNIGHT 6 INCHES AND 12/2 MIDNIGHT TO 8PM 8 INCHES |
| Dec 2, 8:56 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Leavenworth, WA | CHELAN 34 - ELEV 1170 FT |
| Dec 2, 9:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 3 Sse Plain, WA | CHELAN 14 - ELEV 1801 FT - STILL SNOWING MODERATELY |
| Dec 3, 2:12 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Wenatchee, WA | NORTHWEST WENATCHEE 3/8 INCH ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 3, 2:12 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 3 | Wenatchee, WA | NORTHWEST WENATCHEE 3/8 INCH ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 3, 3:42 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 18 Nw Entiat, WA | 24 INCH STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 3, 5:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 W Chelan, WA | |
| Dec 3, 6:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | Plain, WA | 2.40 INCHES LIQUID. ELEVATION 1940 FT. |
| Dec 3, 8:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Metaline Falls, WA | SNOW DEPTH 10 INCHES. ELEVATION 2350 FEET. |
| Dec 3, 9:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | 20 E Oroville, WA | ELEVATION 3700 FEET. |
| Dec 3, 11:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 20 | 2 S Leavenworth, WA | LOCATED AT COLES CORNER. SNOWFALL WAS FROM 11 PM SUNDAY NIGHT TO 5 AM MONDAY MORNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011154 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 WAZ042-011900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0300Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ041-044-011900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T0600Z-071203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS COULD SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-011900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T0600Z-071203T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS COULD SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ038-011900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T0600Z-071204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071204T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY...AND UP TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-011900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER COULD SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY...AND 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY LOCATIONS. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-011900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-011900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 354 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SPOKANE/COEUR D ALENE AREA. LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY. LOCATIONS COULD SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011900 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 WAZ042-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0300Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ041-044-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 5 TO 9 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY...AND UP TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. VALLEY LOCATIONS COULD SEE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND AROUND 1 FOOT POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET BY MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1100 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE SPOKANE/COEUR D ALENE AREA. LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE SUNDAY. LOCATIONS COULD SEE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN OVERNIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 012253 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 IDZ004-021100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T1200Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ042-021100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0300Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 8 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH AROUND 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ041-044-021100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU BEGINNING AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-021100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-021100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0600Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY...AND UP TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS ON SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-021100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T1200Z-071203T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY. EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON AVERAGE BY LATE SUNDAY. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ035-021100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0011.071202T1200Z-071203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T1200Z-071203T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECTED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON AVERAGE BY SUNDAY. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN SUNDAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ034-021100- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T0600Z-071203T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 253 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECTED AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW ON AVERAGE BY SUNDAY. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. WITH THIS TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAI...A WINTERY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING WILL OCCUR. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 020556 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 IDZ004-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0556Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I90. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0556Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT OVER THE WENATCHEE AREA AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY DAYBREAK. LOCATIONS WILL SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOWS. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN ON MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0556Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. BY SUNDAY MORNING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.071202T0556Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO INTENSIFY. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND UP TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-021800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 10 TO 16 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE METHOW VALLEY. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T0556Z-071203T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS EXPECTED NEAR COLBERT AND HAYDEN. SNOW WILL THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OUTLYING AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ034-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T0556Z-071203T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS TRANSITION COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ035-021800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.071202T0556Z-071203T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 956 PM PST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING NORTH OF I90 NEAR WILBUR AND THE COULEE CITY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS TRANSITION COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021242 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 IDZ002-WAZ036-022100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0012.071202T1242Z-071203T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE SPOKANE AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND COEUR DALENE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE AREA...WITH AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 10 INCHES FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND COEUR DALENE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED IN SOME OF THE EXPOSED AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST PLAINS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN REARDON...DAVENPORT...AND AIRWAY HEIGHTS TODAY. SNOW WILL TURN TO RAIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING AN END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-022100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND THEN SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE KELLOGG AND WALLACE AREAS TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FALL IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-022100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WENATCHEEE... CHELAN...AND MANSFIELD AREAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIX OF SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-022100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE OMAK...OROVILLE...AND BREWSTER AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-022100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO. BY MONDAY MORNING...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-022100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-022100- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0023.071202T1242Z-071202T2200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE THIS MORNING...BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET NEAR MOSCOW AND POTLATCH. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 OR 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ034-022100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE MOSES LAKE AND GEORGE AREAS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES AROUND QUINCY AND EPHRATA. PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ035-022100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 442 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF COULEE CITY...WILBUR...AND LINCOLN. COMMUNITIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...INCLUDING RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...CAN EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING SOUTH OF I-90...AND THE CHANGE TO RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021716 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 IDZ002-WAZ036-021830- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-071203T0300Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO UP TO 2 INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-021830- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE PALOUSE. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO UP TO 1 INCH ABOVE 2500 FEET. $$ IDZ004-030130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND THEN SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE KELLOGG AND WALLACE AREAS TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES FALL IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-030130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WENATCHEE... CHELAN...AND MANSFIELD AREAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIX OF SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT... BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-030130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE OMAK... OROVILLE...AND BREWSTER AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-030130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO. BY MONDAY MORNING...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BRIEFLY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-030130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ034-022200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE MOSES LAKE AND GEORGE AREAS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES AROUND QUINCY AND EPHRATA. PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ035-022200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 916 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF COULEE CITY...WILBUR...AND LINCOLN. COMMUNITIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...INCLUDING RITZVILLE AND SPRAGUE...CAN EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING SOUTH OF I-90...AND THE CHANGE TO RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 022148 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 WAZ034-035-022300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071202T2200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S WILL PRECLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THOUGH A BRIEF LIGHT ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM COULEE CITY NORTH TO COULEE DAM UNDER THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. $$ WAZ043-030600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE OMAK... ORVILLE...AND BREWSTER AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 9 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ004-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO UNTIL MIDDAY MONDAY. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SILVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BELOW 3000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WENATCHEE... CHELAN...AND MANSFIELD AREAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH LOCAL POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO NORTH OF A LINE FROM SANDPOINT...TO CHEWELAH AND INCHELIUM. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCHES RANGE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. BY MONDAY MORNING...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 148 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 022240 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 IDZ004-030645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO UNTIL MIDDAY MONDAY. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SILVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BELOW 3000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-030645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WENATCHEE... CHELAN...AND MANSFIELD AREAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH LOCAL POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-030645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE OMAK... ORVILLE...AND BREWSTER AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 9 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-030645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO NORTH OF A LINE FROM SANDPOINT...TO CHEWELAH AND INCHELIUM. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCHES RANGE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. BY MONDAY MORNING... STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-030645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. SNOW MAY TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ027-030600- /O.NEW.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.071203T0000Z-071203T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER 240 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AS WELL AS VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ZERO. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 030542 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 IDZ004-031345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO UNTIL MIDDAY MONDAY. RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SILVER VALLEY WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BELOW 3000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW... STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-031200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WENATCHEE... CHELAN...AND MANSFIELD AREAS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. IN ADDITION...EXPECT SOME ICE BUILDUP ON FROZEN SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-031345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE OMAK... ORVILLE...AND BREWSTER AREAS BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 9 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...EXPECT SOME ICE BUILDUP ON FROZEN SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AS WELL AS OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-031345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO NORTH OF A LINE FROM SANDPOINT...TO CHEWELAH AND INCHELIUM. SOUTH OF THIS LINE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 2 INCHES RANGE UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. BY MONDAY MORNING... STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SANDPOINT...COLVILLE...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-031345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT IN THE VALLEYS...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. IN ADDITION...EXPECT SOME ICE BUILDUP ON FROZEN SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TRANSITION IN THE VALLEYS TO A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ027-031200- /O.EXT.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER 942 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 031221 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 WAZ041-031500- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.071203T1221Z-071203T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE WENATCHEE AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TENTH OF INCH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY BEFORE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ044-031330- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...AND WINTHROP AREAS. PERIODS OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ IDZ027-031330- /O.CAN.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WINCHESTER...KAMIAH...AND NEZPERCE AREAS. PERIODS OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ IDZ004-031500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AS OF EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS HAD CLIMBED TO ABOUT 4000 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. BY LATE MORNING...SNOW LEVELS WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 5000 FEET...BRINGING AN END TO ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR ALL BUT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE SNOW TURNS TO RAIN. SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ043-031500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. BY SUNRISE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE OMAK...BREWSTER...AND OROVILLE AREAS... BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT FOR FROZEN PRECIPITATION. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN THE LAST TWO DAYS...AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-031500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 3500 FEET THIS MORNING...AND CLIMB ABOVE 4000 FEET BY AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TODAY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...AND COLVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-031500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 421 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE VALLEYS. THE COMMUNITIES OF LEAVENWORTH...WINTHROP...AND TWISP CAN EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 031432 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 WAZ043-031545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1500Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING IN THE OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...AND OROVILLE AREAS. THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. $$ IDZ004-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AS OF EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS HAD CLIMBED TO ABOUT 4000 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. BY LATE MORNING... SNOW LEVELS WILL CLIMB TO NEAR 5000 FEET...BRINGING AN END TO ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR ALL BUT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 4000 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE SNOW TURNS TO RAIN. SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000 FEET MEANS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BE GOOD IN THE VALLEYS AND LOW ELEVATIONS...DRIVING ACROSS THE PASSES IS NOT RECOMMENDED. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-031830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 3500 FEET THIS MORNING...AND CLIMB ABOVE 4000 FEET BY AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TODAY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...AND COLVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-031830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...AND A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE VALLEYS. THE COMMUNITIES OF LEAVENWORTH...WINTHROP...AND TWISP CAN EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ041-031800- /O.CON.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 632 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. POCKETS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE WENATCHEE...CHELAN...AND CASHMERE AREAS THROUGH MID MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE INTO THE MID 30S BY MID MORNING...BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE COMMON...MAINLY ON TREES...POWER LINES...AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. A FEW SPOTS NORTHWEST OF WENATCHEE MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH OF ICE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING. SOME TREATED ROADS WILL BE WET...WHILE OTHERS WILL BE ICE COVERED. MANY SIDE STREETS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE SLICK. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DRIVING OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 031722 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 IDZ004-031830- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO NEAR 5000 FEET WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. $$ WAZ038-031830- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN TO AROUND 5500 FEET WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY. $$ WAZ041-031830- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071203T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WENATCHEE AREA WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-040000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY ABOVE 4000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BE AROUND 3500 FEET THIS MORNING...AND CLIMB ABOVE 4000 FEET BY AFTERNOON. NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TODAY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY...AND COLVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ042-040000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 922 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY ALONG WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS MAINLY NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THE COMMUNITIES OF WINTHROP AND TWISP CAN EXPECT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MOUNTAINS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3500 FEET MAINLY NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE IN THE DAY. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AND OTHER WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR OTHER HAZARDS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 032127 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 127 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 IDZ001-WAZ037-042-032230- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 127 PM PST MON DEC 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN WITH ONLY THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PEAKS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 1, 3:10 AM PST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 3:10 AM PST, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
310 AM PST SAT DEC 1 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE CASCADES
AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO.
PRECIPITATION IN THE VALLEYS IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO RAIN
LATE ON SUNDAY...WITH SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...A COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO IS EXPECTED TO
UNFOLD THIS WEEKEND. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL UNDERGO A
TRANSITION FROM COLD NORTHERLY FLOW AT 500MB TO A MOIST
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BY MONDAY. DURING THAT TRANSITION...THE NARROW
RIDGE NEAR 140W WILL BE UNDERCUT BY A POTENT JET MAX OVER THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC...WHICH IS NEAR 170W ON THE 10Z WATER VAPOR. A TAP
INTO SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IS ANTICIPATED BY SUNDAY WITH
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION FALLING OVER COLD
AIR TRAPPED OVER THE LOWLANDS.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY DEEPEN WEST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
TODAY. ISENTROPIC CHARTS FROM THE NAM AND GFS SHOW A GRADUAL
INFLUX OF MIDLEVEL MOISTURE DURING THE DAY...BUT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WILL MARKEDLY INCREASE AFTER 03Z AS MIDLEVEL WINDS
STRENGTHEN THE WARM ADVECTION PRECIPITATION. SO FOR TODAY...
CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE SNOW HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT
RANGE FOR THE LOWLANDS.
FOR TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE LEE OF THE
CASCADES WILL ENHANCE THE SNOW POTENTIAL ALONG THE EAST SLOPES
THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. BY MID MORNING...THE WENATCHEE AND
OMAK AREAS COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. STRONG WARM
ADVECTION FOCUSED OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO BRING THE
POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE COLVILLE AND
REPUBLIC AREAS BY MID MORNING ON SUNDAY. SINCE THESE AREAS LOOK TO
BE UNDER THE GUN FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWS FIRST IN THIS POTENTIALLY
LONG DURATION EVENT...WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE EAST SLOPES...WENATCHEE
AREA...OKANOGAN VALLEY THROUGH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. FOR THE
SPOKANE AREA...1 TO 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
MORNING...WITH THE BEST UP-GLIDE NORTH OF THE CITY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH HAS YET TO BE UPGRADED SINCE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE
LATE TONIGHT...AND ARE NOT LIKELY TO REACH WARNING CRITERIA...AT
LEAST NOT RIGHT AWAY. /GKOCH
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT
THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH MONDAY. THREE FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO
BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION WITH MUCH
OF THE AREA RECEIVING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. IT WILL
START WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW AS ISENTROPIC ASCENT AHEAD OF A
RELATIVE WARM FRONT BRINGS MOISTURE OVER A COLD AIRMASS ALREADY IN
PLACE OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST. UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS FROM A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH SLIDING THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY WILL OFFER
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION. THE MAJOR
PLAYER WILL BE THE TRUE WARM FRONT WITH A SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE TAP
WHICH WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
BRINGING A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN TO THE VALLEYS. WHILE THE
SOUTHEAST VALLEYS AND THE EASTERN BASIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT...THE COLD AIR WILL BE SLOW TO ERODE IN OUR WESTERN VALLEYS
WHERE SOUTHEAST FLOW HAS BANKED THE COLD AIR UP AGAINST THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE THREAT FOR
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE GREATEST FROM 06Z AND 18Z MONDAY FOR THE
WESTERN VALLEYS AND EXTENDING THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY FOR THE OKANOGAN
VALLEY. THE SPOKANE AREA SHOULD SEE A CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND THE POTENTIAL
FOR 40 TO 50KT 850MB WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THERE WILL
LIKELY BE ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA.
HAVE UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO WINTER STORM WARNINGS DUE TO MIXED
PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS. WHILE MODEL QPF FOR THE SPOKANE AREA
EXPECTED TO FALL AS SNOW IS ABOUT 0.75 INCHES WHICH WOULD MEET 24HR
SNOWFALL WARNING CRITERIA...LOCAL STUDIES INDICATE THAT IT IS
UNUSUAL TO GET MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN SPOKANE DURING AN
EXTENDED ISENTROPIC EVENT. ADVISORY CRITERIA IS MORE LIKELY. BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO
RAIN...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME NORTHERN ZONES.
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
/KELCH
&&
.AVIATION...
NORTH OF A LINE FROM KEAT TO KMLP MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY WITH OVERCAST AT 10KFT TO 12KFT MSL...EXCEPT FOR
LOCAL MVFR CEILINGS INVOF THE KGEG-KSFF-KCOE TAF SITES. SOUTH OF
THIS LINE PERSISTENT IFR CIG AND VIS SHSN WILL DECREASE AND CEILINGS
AND VIS WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR BY 12Z...BUT WITH CONTINUING SHOWER
ACTIVITY AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. AFTER 00Z CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH INTO WIDESPREAD IFR CEILINGS AND VIS IN SNOW AS
A NEW AND STRONG PACIFIC STROM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 24 21 30 29 38 32 / 20 70 90 100 90 60
COEUR DALENE 23 20 30 28 36 31 / 30 80 90 100 100 60
PULLMAN 29 25 34 32 40 37 / 20 30 70 80 80 60
LEWISTON 33 29 39 34 45 39 / 20 20 60 80 70 50
COLVILLE 27 21 29 27 35 30 / 40 90 100 100 100 70
SANDPOINT 24 19 29 27 31 30 / 40 90 100 100 100 70
KELLOGG 28 23 33 28 36 33 / 40 80 100 100 100 80
MOSES LAKE 27 22 33 31 42 32 / 20 60 80 90 80 40
WENATCHEE 29 23 30 28 35 32 / 20 80 100 100 80 40
OMAK 25 17 29 26 32 28 / 20 90 100 100 90 50
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
COEUR DALENE AREA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY
FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY
FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY
FOR OKANOGAN VALLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 5:55 AM PST, 21 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 555 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036>038-042-043-011400- 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...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 555 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF SINGLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LOWER TEENS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT WHERE SKIES CLEAR OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A PAIR OF MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. THESE SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH OVER A FOOT POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF SPOKANE. MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM THE NORTH COLUMBIA BASIN EAST TO THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREA. IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>035-041-044-011400- 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...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 555 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2007 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 LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE OBSERVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES EAST INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE TODAY AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA SLOWLY MOVES OUT OF THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMIAN LIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A PAIR OF MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. INITIALLY...WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF THE LEWISTON AND CAMAS PRAIRIE AREAS. THEN...THE AIR MASS WILL MODERATE WITH SNOW CHANGING OVER TO RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS FROM WENATCHEE TO MOSES LAKE AND POINTS NORTH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2:53 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 23 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.