Snow Advisory 9, NWS Spokane, WA

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 271709
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

IDZ001-004-280115-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS OF
THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE
COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND AVERY. FOR COMMUNITIES
FURTHER NORTH IN THE PANHANDLE...LIKE BONNERS FERRY AND
SANDPOINT...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY BY SUNSET.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE SILVER
VALLEY BY TONIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE
MOUNTAINS. FOR SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.

TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS ALONG THE INTERSTATE
90 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE SILVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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...SANDPOINT...
RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN.

$$

IDZ002-280000-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN
THE COEUR DALENE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS
LIKELY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP
TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND COEUR DALENE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 2500 FEET WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AND 10
INCHES. FOR ELEVEATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10
TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID AFTERNOON.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER
LINES BY YOURSELF.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...
POST FALLS...HAYDEN.

$$

IDZ027-280115-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE TODAY
CHANGING RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW LEVELS THIS MORNING WILL INITIALLY BE
AROUND 3000 FEET THIS MORNING AND FALL TO 2000 FEET BY THE
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMUATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE
THIS EVENING IN THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS.

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...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER.

$$

WAZ031-280000-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ANATONE AND
PEOLA AREAS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

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...ANATONE...PEOLA.

$$

WAZ035-036-272200-
/O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080127T2200Z/
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...
ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...
ROCKFORD
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...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. 

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM AROUND RITZVILLE TO SPOKANE BY MID
AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPETED TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES ARE
LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE METRO WHERE THE AIR HAS BEEN A BIT
COLDER. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...WILL ALSO HAVE THE GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE WILL BE IN
THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE.

FOR THE RITZVILLE...LIND...AND HARRIGTON AREAS...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE COLUMBIA
BASIN.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES IN
THE SPOKANE AREA. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER
ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF.

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD.

$$

IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280000-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE
909 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

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

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

A SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY ACCUMULATING SNOW TO
THE PALOUSE REGION TODAY. EXPECT A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 OR 6 INCHES OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE.

IN THE LEWISTON AREA 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE
VALLEY WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION.

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...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 272058
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

IDZ027-280600-
/O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T1200Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THIS EVENING.

COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS
AFTERNOON CHANGING RAIN TO SNOW. A COLD FRONT HAS BEEN VERY SLOW
TO MOVE INTO THE REGION...BUT COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BY THIS
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 2000 FEET BY SUNSET.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING
IN THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS.

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...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER.

$$

WAZ031-280600-
/O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ANATONE AND
PEOLA AREAS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

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...ANATONE...PEOLA.

$$

IDZ001-004-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS
OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING
THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND AVERY. FOR COMMUNITIES
FURTHER NORTH IN THE PANHANDLE...LIKE BONNERS FERRY AND
SANDPOINT...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNSET.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY FOR THE
VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE BY THE TIME THIS
STORM COMES TO AN END. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET
WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH FOURTH OF JULY
PASS AND OVER LOOKOUT PASS. SNOW WILL FALL SO HARD THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING THAT SNOW PLOWS WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP
WITH THE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...
RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN.

$$

IDZ002-280000-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE
COEUR DALENE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AROUND SUNSET. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10
TO 16 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN AND
AROUND THE COEUR DALENE AREA. AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
AROUND LAKE COEUR DALENE AND HAYDEN LAKE WILL BE LESS...WITH 8 TO
10 INCHES COMMON.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE
POWER LINES BY YOURSELF.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME TODAY
IN THE SPOKANE AREA. TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE STREETS IS VERY
DIFFICULT.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...
POST FALLS...HAYDEN.

$$

IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280600-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.  

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PULLMAN
AND MOSCOW AREAS BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL
FALL NORTH OF PULLMAN...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET.
SOME SPOTS AROUND OAKESDALE...POTLATCH...AND TEKOA WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 4 TO 7 INCHES. 

IN THE LEWISTON AREA...THE MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL
AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE
EVENING.

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...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY.

$$

WAZ035-036-280000-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...
ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...
ROCKFORD
1258 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

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

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS
OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH THE SPOKANE AREA THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON.

FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2500 FEET INCLUDING THE SOUTH HILL. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LESS FOR THE SPOKANE VALLEY...THE LATAH VALLEY...AND DOWNTOWN
SPOKANE. 

FOR THE RITZVILLE...LIND...AND HARRIGTON AREAS...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE COLUMBIA
BASIN.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES IN
THE SPOKANE AREA. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER
ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME TODAY
IN THE SPOKANE AREA. TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE STREETS IS VERY
DIFFICULT.

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...
GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 272310
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

WAZ035-280015-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0000Z/
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...
ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN FOR THE
NEXT HOUR BEFORE DECREASING TO SNOW SHOWERS.. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 1 INCH. AS SUCH THE
SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IDZ002-280300-
/O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0300Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

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

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE
COEUR DALENE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE
TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AROUND SUNSET. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF
10 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN
AND AROUND THE COEUR DALENE AREA. AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
AROUND LAKE COEUR DALENE AND HAYDEN LAKE WILL BE LESS...WITH 8 TO
10 INCHES COMMON.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE
POWER LINES BY YOURSELF.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME TODAY
IN THE SPOKANE AREA. TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE STREETS IS
VERY DIFFICULT.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...
POST FALLS...HAYDEN.

$$

IDZ001-004-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS
OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING
THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND AVERY. FOR COMMUNITIES
FURTHER NORTH IN THE PANHANDLE...LIKE BONNERS FERRY AND
SANDPOINT...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNSET.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY FOR THE
VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE BY THE TIME THIS
STORM COMES TO AN END. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET
WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH FOURTH OF JULY
PASS AND OVER LOOKOUT PASS. SNOW WILL FALL SO HARD THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING THAT SNOW PLOWS WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP
WITH THE RAPID ACCUMULATIONS.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...
RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN.

$$

IDZ027-280715-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T1200Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS
AFTERNOON CHANGING RAIN TO SNOW. A COLD FRONT HAS BEEN VERY SLOW
TO MOVE INTO THE REGION...BUT COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE BY THIS
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AROUND 2000 FEET BY SUNSET.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS
EVENING IN THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS.

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...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER.

$$

WAZ031-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ANATONE AND
PEOLA AREAS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

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...ANATONE...PEOLA.

$$

WAZ036-280300-
/O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0300Z/
SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

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

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

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF WET SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS
OF THE SPOKANE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TO
DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AROUND SUNSET. 

FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2500 FEET INCLUDING THE SOUTH HILL. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LESS FOR THE SPOKANE VALLEY...THE LATAH VALLEY...AND DOWNTOWN
SPOKANE.

SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED
FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES IN
THE SPOKANE AREA. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER
ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO STAY HOME TODAY
IN THE SPOKANE AREA. TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON THE SIDE STREETS IS
VERY DIFFICULT.

THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...
CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD.

$$

IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE
310 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AREAS BY THIS EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOW EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF PULLMAN...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOME SPOTS AROUND OAKESDALE...POTLATCH...AND
TEKOA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 4 TO 7 INCHES.

IN THE LEWISTON AREA...THE MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
FALL AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY
LATE EVENING.

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...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 280253
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

IDZ002-280400-
/O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0300Z/
COEUR DALENE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...
HAYDEN
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING. 

LIGHT SNOW WILL DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL BE AUP TO
AN INCH. THERFORE THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR THE COUER DALENE
AREA WILL BE CANCELLED.

$$

WAZ036-280400-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0300Z/
SPOKANE AREA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...
DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. 

INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. ANY
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. THEREFORE
THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR THE SPOKANE AREA WILL BE CANCELLED.

$$

IDZ001-004-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS
OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING
THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND AVERY. FOR COMMUNITIES
FURTHER NORTH IN THE PANHANDLE...LIKE BONNERS FERRY AND
SANDPOINT...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY FOR THE
VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE BY THE TIME THIS
STORM COMES TO AN END. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO FEET
WILL BE COMMON FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH FOURTH OF JULY
PASS AND OVER LOOKOUT PASS. SNOW WILL FALL HARD ENOUGH THIS EVENING
THAT RAPID ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...
RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN.

$$

IDZ027-281100-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T1200Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT HAS FILTERED INTO
THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING IN THE WINCHESTER...NEZPERCE
...AND CRAIGMONT AREAS.

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...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER.

$$

WAZ031-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

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

AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ANATONE AND
PEOLA AREAS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET.

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...ANATONE...PEOLA.

$$

IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280600-
/O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE
653 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AREAS THIS EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL FALL
NORTH OF PULLMAN...ESPECIALLY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOME
SPOTS AROUND OAKESDALE...POTLATCH...AND TEKOA WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE 4 TO 7 INCHES.

IN THE LEWISTON AREA CAN EXPECT UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE
EVENING.

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...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY.

$$

000 
WWUS46 KOTX 280550
WSWOTX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
949 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

IDZ001-004-280700-
/O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN
949 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING. MOST OF THE HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL HAS MOVED TO
THE EAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. SOME INTERMITTENT SNOWFALL MAY
STILL LINGER OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED...THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280700-
/O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080128T0600Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE
949 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW
ADVISORY. MOST OF THE HIGHER INTENSITY SNOWFALL HAS MOVED TO
THE EAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. SOME INTERMITTENT SNOWFALL MAY
STILL LINGER OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH NO FURTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED...THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

WAZ031-281200-
/O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T1200Z/
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA
949 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR THE
NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16
INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ANATONE AND PEOLA AREAS FOR ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 3000 FEET.

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...ANATONE...PEOLA.

$$

IDZ027-281200-
/O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080128T1200Z/
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...
NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER
949 PM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING
TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
LIKELY BY MONDAY MORNING IN THE WINCHESTER... NEZPERCE ...AND
CRAIGMONT AREAS. 

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...KAMIAH...
CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
345 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD AND UNSETTLED DEEP WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
TODAY AND WELL INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK WITH A NEW STORM SYSTEM
PASSING THROUGH THE REGION EVERY 36 TO 48 HOURS THROUGH NEXT
SATURDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...AN UGLY WINTER PATTERN CONTINUES TODAY WITH
SATELLITE INDICATING A LARGELY STALLED FRONTAL BAND RUNNING FROM
PORTLAND OREGON TO SANDPOINT IDAHO THIS MORNING. MOISTURE BEING
PUMPED UP FROM THE SOUTH CONTINUES TO ENHANCE INTO SIGNIFICANT
RAIN/SNOW/SLEET MIX SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. MEANWHILE...A DEEP AND
COLD TROUGH IS SWINGING INTO THE REGION FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
BEARING A SURFACE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION
TODAY. OVERALL...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM ARE SIMILAR WITH THE
GENERAL FIELD OF MOTION...BUT THIS IS COLD COMFORT SEEING AS MUCH
OF TODAYS SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL BE DEPENDENT ON NEAR SURFACE
CONDITIONS AND PRECISE TIMING OF THE INCOMING FRONT. UNFORTUNATELY
NEITHER MODEL SEEMS TO BE HANDLING THESE ELEMENTS IN A MANNER
WHICH INSPIRES CONFIDENCE. CLOSE INSPECTION OF CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS WILL DRIVE MUCH OF TODAYS
FORECAST. FIRST...OVER THE DEEP BASIN AND WESTERN ZONES GENERAL
WESTERLY LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW A PRECIPITATION SHADOW
TO KEEP SNOW SHOWERS IF NOT ABSENT...AT LEAST FEW AND RELATIVELY
FAR BETWEEN WITH ONLY LOCAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS AND SEASONABLY
COLD TEMPERATURES. THIS ALLOWS CLOSER SCRUTINY FOR THE TOUGH PART
OF THE FORECAST...WHAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
FORECAST AREA. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE RISING TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN
BASIN INDICATE TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING...WITH DEW
POINTS AROUND 32 DEGREES. WHILE FURTHER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
TODAY AS LONG AS THE STALLED FRONT HANGS AROUND...MOST OF THIS
WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW AND SLEET...AND WET ENOUGH TO RETARD
FURTHER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WASHINGTON ZONES. THUS
THE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS FOR SPOKANE...THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND
THE PALOUSE WILL BE CANCELED AT WITH THE 4AM ZONE ISSUANCE. OVER
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE HEAVY SNOW HIGHLIGHTS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE...WITH FURTHER HEAVY SNOW A SAFE BET ESPECIALLY IN THE
MOUNTAINS AS THE STALLED FRONT AND OROGRAPHY CONTINUES TO ENHANCE
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE INTO SNOW. LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON
THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH AND PUSH THE STALLED
FRONT FARTHER EAST AND SOUTH AND HOPEFULLY LARGELY OUT OF THE
POPULATED REGIONS FOR A GENERAL DECREASE IN STEADY PRECIPITATION
AND TAPERING INTO MORE HIT-AND-MISS SNOW SHOWERS. THEN IT WILL GET
COLD AGAIN AS A NEW MODIFIED ARCTIC PUSH FROM CANADA BEGINS TO
INFILTRATE THE REGION THROUGH MOUNTAIN GAPS BY DAWN MONDAY. /FUGAZZI

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE
INLAND NORTHWEST ON MONDAY. ALL MODELS SHOWS PLENTY OF INSTABILITY
ACROSS THE REGION WITH LAPSE RATES FROM 7-8C/KM. UNDER THE
WEST/NORTHWEST 700-850MB FLOW...THE PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...THE
BLUES AND THE CASCADE CREST STAND TO RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE
SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY. THE TROUGH LIFTS TO THE EAST MONDAY
EVENING...BEING REPLACED BY A MOISTURE LADEN RIDGE ALOFT. THE
NEXT IN A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE GULF OF
ALASKA. ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA AS THE SURFACE LOW NEARS THE COAST. THERE ARE MANY
MODEL DISCREPANCIES WITH THIS FEATURE. THE NAM IS TOO FAR SOUTH
WITH THE PLACEMENT AND TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW...STANDING OUT
FROM REST OF THE MODELS. ALTHOUGH PREFER THE FURTHER NORTH
PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW IN THE GFS...ITS TRACK SEEMS TOO
QUICK COMPARED TO THE REMAINING MODELS. IN ADDITION...THE TREND OF
THE GFS HAS NOT BEEN RELIABLE AS OF LATE. WILL OFFER A COMPROMISE
OF THE ECMWF AND THE CANADIAN AS SUGGESTED BY NCEP...WHICH BRINGS A
SURFACE LOW ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SLOWLY THROUGH TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING MODERATE
SNOW TO EXTREME EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS
THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND DIVES SOUTH ACROSS MONTANA...ENHANCING A
NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. A RIDGE BUILDS OFF THE COAST.
INSTABILITY INCREASES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY ENHANCING IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND
THE SE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER
BLOW OF MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURES STILL SUPPORTING SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REGION. AGAIN...CONFIDENCE REMAINS BELOW AVERAGE IN
THE MODEL TIMING OF THIS FEATURE WITH THE ECMWF BEING THE FASTER
THAN THE GFS.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED
FORECAST. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE WITH A BROAD
TROUGH OVER THE REGION AND MORE SHORTWAVES MARCHING THROUGH THE FLOW
AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. /RFOX

&&

.AVIATION...
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KMWH TO KSZT A STALLED FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
PROMOTE WIDESPREAD IFR CIELINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN SNOW THROUGH 21Z
TODAY. THIS WILL IMPACT MAINLY THE KGEG...KCOE...KSFF AND KPUW TAF
SITES. A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN WITH A
COLD FRONT PASSAGE AFTER 21Z. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVILY OBSCURED THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. NORTH OF
THIS LINE MAINLY VFR CIGS AND VIS WITH LOCAL MORNING IFR CONDITIONS
IN STRATUS WILL PREVAIL TODAY...WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS REDUCING
VISIBILITY AND LOCALLY OBSCURING MOUNTAINS NORTH AND WEST OF THE
COLUMBIA BASIN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE        33  20  23  18  25  13 /  60  40  60  40  80  30
COEUR DALENE  33  22  24  18  25  16 /  80  40  60  40  80  40
PULLMAN        36  24  27  22  28  19 / 100  70  60  50  80  40
LEWISTON       42  29  32  25  36  25 /  90  70  50  40  70  30
COLVILLE       31  18  25  16  25  12 /  40  30  50  40  60  30
SANDPOINT      32  22  23  17  22  12 /  80  50  60  40  70  50
KELLOGG        32  23  24  20  26  15 / 100  90  70  60  80  50
MOSES LAKE     26  17  29  21  29  13 /  20  20  20  30  60  10
WENATCHEE      26  15  28  21  27  15 /  20  20  20  30  60  10
OMAK           25   7  25  10  22  10 /  20  20  20  30  50  10

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR LEWIS AND
     SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES.

     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR COEUR
     DALENE AREA.

     HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL
     PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.

WA...HEAVY SNOW WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST
     BLUE MOUNTAINS.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
603 AM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036-037-271415-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
603 AM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT TO THE REGION. HEAVY SNOW
IS POSSIBLE OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND PALOUSE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEW
WORK WEEK. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON OR ABOUT
MONDAY...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE
SNOW NEXT WEEKEND.

WAZ034-035-038-041>044-271415-
MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
603 AM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH TONIGHT TO THE REGION. LOCAL HEAVY
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CASCADES CREST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEW
WORK WEEK. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON OR ABOUT
MONDAY...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SNOW
NEXT WEEKEND.