Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 20, 2008, 9:49 AM PST for 8 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 2:41 PM PST. It was in force for 49 hr. 51 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 20, 2008, 9:49 AM PST (17:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2008, 2:41 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 3:30 PM PST
- In force
- 49 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 21, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | WA-DG-11 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | WA-DG-3 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | N Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-11 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 4 S Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-31 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | WA-DG-9 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 4 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-14 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 1 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | WA-DG-16 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 S Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-19 |
| Dec 21, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | S Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-7 |
| Dec 21, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Se Wenatchee, WA | CHELAN 31 |
| Dec 21, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 3 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | WA-DG-10...SNOW DEPTH 8.5 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 8:26 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | East Wenatchee, WA | DOUGLAS 42 |
| Dec 21, 8:34 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 5 N Sandpoint, ID | BONNER 22. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 8:36 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Grand Coulee, WA | LINCOLN 45 |
| Dec 21, 9:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 1 Wsw Malaga, WA | WA-CH-17 |
| Dec 21, 9:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Wsw Malaga, WA | WA-CH-4 |
| Dec 21, 9:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 1 Wsw Wenatchee, WA | WA-CH-13...SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 10:02 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 11 Sw Republic, WA | OKANOGAN 61 |
| Dec 21, 10:46 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Wenatchee, WA | CHELAN 83...SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 1:21 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 W Moses Lake, WA | GRANT 5...SNOW DEPTH 6 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 4:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 3 W Chelan, WA | CHELAN 36 |
| Dec 21, 4:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | N East Wenatchee, WA | DOUGLAS 42...SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES |
| Dec 21, 5:10 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | SPOTTER 74, ELEVATION 900 FEET. |
| Dec 21, 6:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Plain, WA | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 22, 4:22 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Plummer, ID | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Pomeroy, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Coeur D'Alene, ID | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 7:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 9 S Lewiston, WA | 5 IN SUNDAY NIGHT. ELEVATION 780 FT. ID ASOTIN-15. |
| Dec 22, 7:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 4 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | 4.5 IN OVERNIGHT. 7.8 IN STORM TOTAL. ELEVATION 2290 FT. ID KOOTENAI-76. |
| Dec 22, 7:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 W St. Maries, ID | 24 HOUR TOTAL. ELEVATION 2395. ID BENEWAH-15. |
| Dec 22, 7:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 3 W Chelan, WA | STORM TOTAL FROM FRI NIGHT TO MON MORNING. ELEVATION 1400 FT. ID CHELAN-36. |
| Dec 22, 7:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Northport, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Springdale, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Gifford, ID | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Inchelium, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 Nnw Dalton Gardens, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING 10 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | E St. Maries, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING AT 10 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Nw Blanchard, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nne Loon Lake, WA | 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 3 E Spirit Lake, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 N Dalton Gardens, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING 10 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 6 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | 24 HOURS ENDING 10 AM |
| Dec 22, 9:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Ssw Juliaetta, ID | 7 INCHES ON SUNDAY. 4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 22, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.2 | 3 E Spokane, WA | NEW SNOW PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 22, 11:03 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Kendrick, ID | |
| Dec 22, 11:03 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Potlatch, ID | |
| Dec 22, 11:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Hayden, ID | |
| Dec 22, 11:28 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Craigmont, ID | NEW SNOW PAST 24 HOURS. 10 INCHES TOTAL SNOW ON GROUND. |
| Dec 22, 11:39 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 8 Nnw Rockford, WA | 6 INCHES SINCE 4 PM SUNDAY WITH STORM TOTAL OF 10 INCHES. SPOTTER SPOKANE 133. |
| Dec 22, 11:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Nne Hayden, ID | 48 HOUR TOTAL. SPOTTER KOOTENAI 74H, ELEVATION 2470 FEET. |
| Dec 22, 3:07 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 1 Ssw Opportunity, WA | STORM TOTAL. SNWO DEPTH IS 26.0 INCHES. SPOTTER SPOKANE 153, ELEVATION 1950 FEET. |
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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 201749 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ041-042-044-210200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-210200- /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0002.081220T1749Z-081220T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE BY LATE THIS MORNING RESULTING IN RELATIVELY WARMER WIND CHILL VALUES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEYS BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...HOWEVER A SMALL NORTHWARD DEVIATION IN THE STORM TRACK COULD BRING EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE AREA. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. 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...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90 WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031>033-210200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 949 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...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. 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE... LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 201852 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ043-210300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081220T1900Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO ABOVE ZERO AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING RESULTING IN RELATIVELY WARMER WIND CHILL VALUES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEYS BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY EVENING. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY... HOWEVER A SMALL NORTHWARD DEVIATION IN THE STORM TRACK COULD BRING EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WAZ041-042-044-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ034-035-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 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...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ031>033-210300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1052 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 7 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE... LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 202241 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. WAZ031-032-210645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...WHILE AREAS IN LOWER ASOTIN COUNTY ARE LIKELY TO SEE SLIGHTLY LESS SNOW. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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...ANATONE...PEOLA... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ026-027-210645- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AREA ABOVE 1500 FEET...WHILE 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 1500 FEET AND IN LEWISTON ITSELF. ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ041-042-044-210645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0300Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ043-210645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE FROM OMAK SOUTHWARD...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-210645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ003-004-WAZ033-210645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE... AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF PULLMAN MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-210645- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0012.081221T1200Z-081222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-210645- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 241 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR DEER PARK AND SOUTH OF SANDPOINT MAY RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE LOWEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER IN NORTHERN FERRY...STEVENS...AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 210355 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT SPREADING SNOW ACROSS ALL PARTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND SOUTH OF I-90 FROM SPOKANE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. IDZ027-211200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AREA ABOVE 1500 FEET...WHILE 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 1500 FEET AND IN LEWISTON ITSELF. ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. 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...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER. $$ WAZ041-042-044-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. FOR THE EAST SLOPES...6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS WITH UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT...SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON IN THE WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH... LAKE CHELAN...AND WATERVILLE AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ031-032-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOWER GARFIELD COUNTY ESPECIALLY POMEROY...WHILE AREAS IN LOWER ASOTIN COUNTY ARE LIKELY TO SEE SLIGHTLY LESS SNOW. FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS...10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON BETWEEN 3 AM AND 8 AM. EXPECT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY SUNRISE ON SUNDAY...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ026-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AREA ABOVE 1500 FEET...WHILE 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 1500 FEET AND IN LEWISTON ITSELF. ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ003-211200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSCOW MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 11 AM. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR DEER PARK AND SOUTH OF SANDPOINT MAY RECEIVE UP TO 5 INCHES. IN THE MOUNTAINS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE LOWEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER IN NORTHERN FERRY... STEVENS...AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE OMAK AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR PRIOR TO SUNRISE. FOR THE COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND SANDPOINT AREAS...SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-035-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0600Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND MOSES LAKE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN MOSES LAKE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 9 PM AND 4 AM. FOR GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...AND RITZVILLE...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-004-WAZ033-036-211200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 755 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE... AS WELL AS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF PULLMAN MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE AND IN THE SPOKANE AREA DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 11 AM. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 210716 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE WENATCHEE AREA...THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL TRANSLATE INTO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE AND INTO THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WAZ041-042-044-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT IN THE WENATCHEE...LEAVENWORTH...WATERVILLE...AND LAKE CHELAN AREAS. BY MORNING LOOK FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. BY TOMORROW EVENING...TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ031-032-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA. SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 10 TO 15 INCHES. THE POMEROY AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ026-027-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T1800Z-081222T1200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE LEWISTON AREA TONIGHT. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO BY SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVIER SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AREA ABOVE 1500 FEET...WHILE 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 1500 FEET AND IN LEWISTON ITSELF. 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...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON FROM THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...THROUGH THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...INTO THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WEST OF COLVILLE BY SUNRISE. THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-035-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA AREAS...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE RITZVILLE...WILBUR...AND SPRAGUE AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED ON LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002>004-WAZ033-036-211515- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.081221T0800Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 1116 PM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSCOW MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE PALOUSE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 211439 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...THEN LINGER INTO LATE MORNING ON MONDAY ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE WENATCHEE AREA... THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWEST TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. IDZ026-027-212245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081221T1800Z-081222T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO THIS MORNING. HEAVIER SNOWS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...AND ABOVE 1500 FEET AROUND LEWISTON. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH AND LEWISTON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 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...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ041-042-044-212245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL FALL IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. BY TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ031-032-212245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA TODAY...AND WILL PERSIST OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 9 TO 15 INCHES. THE POMEROY AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ043-212245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ004-212245- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE FROM THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSCOW MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-212245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND INTO THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE COMMUNITIES OF SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY CAN EXPECT THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-035-212245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED ON TONIGHT FOR STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ033-036-212245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD 639 AM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY FOR THE SPOKANE AREA...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF MOSCOW MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 212310 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...THEN LINGER INTO LATE MORNING ON MONDAY ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA...THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES...AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...NORTH IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. IDZ001>003-WAZ037-220715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081222T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOWFALL TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 12 INCHES 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-220715- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0011.081222T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. EXPECT SNOWFALL TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-042-044-220715- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF VALLEY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ026-027-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVIER SNOWS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...AND ABOVE 1500 FEET AROUND LEWISTON. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH AND LEWISTON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ031-032-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 9 TO 15 INCHES. THE POMEROY AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ043-220400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ038-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR BOYDS AND INCHELIUM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW 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...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ034-035-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BANDS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ033-036-220715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 310 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE SPOKANE AREA AND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWBANDS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 220358 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 WAZ043-220500- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T0400Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL HAS NOT STOPPED...BUT HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN INTENSITY...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR BUT WITH ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO FALL IN THE NEGLIGIBLE ONE INCH OR LESS CATEGORY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WAZ041-042-044-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND IS EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT IN VALLEYS WITH AN OVERALL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS CALLED FOR BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH CASCADES RECEIVING UP TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ026-027-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVIER SNOWS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE... AND ABOVE 1500 FEET AROUND LEWISTON. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH AND LEWISTON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ031-032-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA TONIGHT...SMALL AREAS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL WITH RATES APPROACHING 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 30 MPH AND OVER LOCATIONS SUCH AS POMEROY AND DAYTON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL BE 9 TO 15 INCHES. THE POMEROY AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001>004-WAZ037-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST MONDAY. SNOWFALL OF DIFFERING INTENSITIES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS LOCATIONS FROM DEER PARK TO COEUR DALENE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THESE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR BOYDS AND INCHELIUM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW 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...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ034-035-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BANDS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ033-036-221200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 758 PM PST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. SNOW BANDS FORMING AND MOVING GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR AS THEY GENERALLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE SPOKANE AREA AND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW UNDER THESE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWBANDS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 221158 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 WAZ038-221800- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR BOYDS AND INCHELIUM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ WAZ041-042-044-221800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE CASCADES RECEIVING UP TO 18 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ026-027-222000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME SHOWERY TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE... AND ABOVE 1500 FEET AROUND LEWISTON. FOR LOWER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES LIKE KAMIAH AND LEWISTON...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ031-032-222000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME SHOWERY TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE POMEROY AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001>004-WAZ037-222000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. SNOWFALL OF DIFFERING INTENSITIES WILL CONTINUE TODAY. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES TO 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ043-221800- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES AND BECOMES SHOWERY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ WAZ034-035-221800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BANDS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ033-036-222000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 358 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. EXPECT HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING TO BECOME SCATTERED. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 221440 AAB WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 WAZ041-044-221545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF THESE SHOWERS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW THREAT. $$ WAZ034-035-221545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF THESE SHOWERS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW THREAT. $$ IDZ026-027-221800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS INTENSE AND LESS WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS LEWISTON WILL BE COMMON. THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ031-032-221800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...CLARKSTON... POMEROY 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS INTENSE AND LESS WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ038-042-221800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS INTENSE AND LESS WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN THE CASCADES...THE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CASCADES WILL BE AS HIGH AS 18 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ001>004-WAZ037-222000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL START TO BECOME LESS INTENSE AND LESS WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FOR MOST TOWNS. IN THE MOUNTAINS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 11 TO 18 INCHES. 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ033-036-221800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING TO BECOME SCATTERED...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THOUGH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOST TOWNS WILL SEE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ043-221800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 640 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES AND BECOMES SHOWERY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 221723 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-042-221830- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...ANATONE... PEOLA...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL IDAHO. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. $$ WAZ043-221830- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. $$ WAZ038-222100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH OF REPUBLIC. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ IDZ001>004-WAZ037-222000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL BE COMMON. 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ033-036-221830- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 923 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING TO BECOME SCATTERED... BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THOUGH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOST TOWNS WILL SEE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. $$ LN
000 WWUS46 KOTX 221746 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 946 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 IDZ002>004-221900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081222T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG... ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 946 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOWFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS....HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WAZ033-036-221900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 946 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE AREAS. SNOW HAS ENDED OR WILL END IN THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS THE PALOUSE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY SPOKANE NORTHWARD. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-230000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 946 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 11 TO 18 INCHES 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...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-230000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 946 AM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH OF REPUBLIC. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...LEADING TO A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$ LN
000 WWUS46 KOTX 222330 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...ANOTHER SNOW STORM EXPECTED CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... .THE SNOWY WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE NEXT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND LINGER INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES ON CHRISTMAS EVE...WITH SNOW SPREADING INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO LATE IN THE DAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-230730- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0013.081224T1800Z-081226T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BAND OF SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHERN IDAHO WILL DECREASE...AND COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND SANDPOINT AREAS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH THIS EVENING. THE NEXT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS DAY. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE IN THE COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND SANDPOINT AREAS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE FORECAST. 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...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-230030- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-081223T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC AND INCHELIUM AREAS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING. $$ WAZ042-230730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0013.081224T1200Z-081225T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PLAN TO TRAVEL THROUGH STEVENS PASS LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. 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...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ004-230730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0013.081224T1800Z-081226T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS EVE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS DAY. MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS WITH PLANS TO TAKE INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-230730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0013.081224T2000Z-081225T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 330 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS EVE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 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...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
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 20, 6:33 AM PST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 6:33 AM PST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
633 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008
...UPDATED TO INCLUDE WIND CHILL WARNING THIS MORNING FOR THE
OKANOGAN VALLEY...
.SYNOPSIS...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE INTO THE INLAND
NORTHWEST TODAY AND PRODUCE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER
OVERALL. ANOTHER VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR MORE HEAVY SNOWS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOWY
WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS EVE INTO
CHRISTMAS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY...WITH THE SLOW-MOVING BROAD UPPER LOW OVER THE NRN PLAINS
STATE TODAY...WE WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A MODERATELY
UNSTABLE NW STEERING FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS NW FLOW WILL BE A WEAK VORT MAX/SPEED MAX THAT WILL
TRACK SE THROUGH N ID THIS MORNING BEFORE LEAVING THE AREA BY
MIDDAY. AND EVEN THOUGH A NARROW MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL BE
DIRECTLY OVERHEAD THIS MORNING...IT SHOULD TRACK STEADILY E AND
ALLOW WHATS LEFT OF THE STALLED COLDFNT NOW OVER NRN OREGON TO
LIFT NE AND PRODUCE A ZONE OF LG-SALE ASCENT ACROSS EXTREME SE WA
THIS MORNING. WE WILL LEAVE LOW-END PCPN CHANCES IN THE FCST THIS
MORNING FOR THESE ZONES...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED. BZ
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...ANOTHER POWERFUL AND MUCH WETTER
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE NORTHWEST BRINGING MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW TO A MUCH OF THE CWA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES...COLUMBIA BASIN (MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-90)...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
SATURDAY NT WILL BEGIN COLD AND DRY WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO
FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO BELOW ZERO. EXPECT TEMPERATURES
TO PLUMMET ACROSS THE REGION QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AND REACH THE
MINIMUMS AT SOME POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT POSSIBLY BEFORE
MIDNIGHT BECAUSE BY 06Z...THE STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY CROSSING 160W
WILL BEGIN TO HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THE REGION EITHER BY
SNOW AND CLOUDS OR JUST INCREASING WIND. OVERALL...THIS WILL LEAD
TO AN ABRUPT END IN THE CHANCE FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING.
THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED WELL BY THE GLOBAL MODEL GUIDANCE
LOOKING AT THE 00/06Z PV INITIALIZATION. UNLIKE THE LAST STORM
SYSTEM THAT CAME BARRELING DOWN FROM THE NORTH/NORTHEAST AND
STALLED OVER VANCOUVER ISLAND...THIS SYSTEM IS TRAVERSING THE
NORTH PACIFIC FROM THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND IS TAPPING INTO A
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME WITH PWATS GREATER THAN 1.00...BUT
WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH QUICKER. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A MUCH
GREATER THREAT FOR SNOW INTO THE EAST SLOPES THAN THE PREVIOUS STORM.
FOR THE WESTERN ZONES...INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES...WENATCHEE VALLEY...
AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE NORTHWEST
00-06Z SUNDAY...A STRONG EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS
BETWEEN THE OFFSHORE LOW AND ARCTIC HIGH EAST OF THE DIVIDE
RESULTING IN COLD AIR DAMMING AND INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW INTO
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ADVECTION
AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT ALONG THE 280-290K SURFACE WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL OMEGA. EXPECT THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW..APPROXIMATELY FROM 06-12Z SUNDAY AS THE TWO FORCING
MECHANISM ARE MAXIMIZED OVER THE AREA. TIME-HEIGHT PLOTS INDICATE
THERE WILL BE SOME OMEGA THROUGH THE DENDRITIC LAYER SO A 20:1 SLR
WAS USED AND WITH ALL GUIDANCE INDICATING 0.25 - 0.30 QPF...4 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY. AFT 12Z...A WEAK AND NARROW
DRY SLOT WILL SLIP THROUGH THE REGION HOWEVER LIGHT UPSLOPE AND
SHALLOW ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL KEEP LIGHT SNOW ONGOING THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. A SECOND BURST OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING AS A DEEP OMEGA PROFILE
ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPS FROM THE SURFACE UP TO 400MB. SNOWFALL
POTENTIAL FOR THE WENATCHEE VALLEY AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU WILL BE
5-8 INCHES WITH 8-12 POSSIBLE IN THE EAST SLOPE VALLEYS. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS ALONG THE CASCADE CRESTS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 1-2 FEET.
THE NEIGHBORING OFFICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR
SNOQUALMIE AND STEVENS PASS DURING THE EVENT. IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY...PLEASE MONITOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND PASS CLOSURES AT:
WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV/
IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN...OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS
THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL RELY SOLELY ON ADIABATIC OMEGA FROM THE
WARM MOIST ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC ASCENT ALONG THE 280-290K SURFACE.
INITIALLY...DURING THE ONSET NEAR 10Z SUNDAY...A DEEP OMEGA PROFILE
IS IN PLACE AND MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF THE
OMEGA PROFILE THROUGH THE DENDRITIC LAYER...HOWEVER...WITH THE DRY
SLOT PUSHING THROUGH ALOFT...THE OMEGA PROFILES WILL BEGIN TO
BECOME SHALLOW AND BELOW THE FAVORED SNOW GROWTH ZONE LEADING ME
TO BELIEVE THAT EVEN IF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ALL DAY...SNOW TO
LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE LOWER. IN ADDITION...FORECAST MODELS ARE
TRENDING DRIER ACROSS AREAS OF THE BASIN. THIS COULD LEAD TO A
DOWNPLAY OF THE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR AREAS SUCH AS MOSES LAKE AND END
UP WITH ADVISORY SNOWS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE FURTHER NORTH INTO
THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND HIGHLANDS WHERE QPF AMOUNTS ARE FAR LESS
BUT WITH THE DEPTH OF THE ARCTIC AIR (-15 CELSIUS AT 850MB) IN
PLACE...SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 25 OR 30:1 AND A
FEW TENTHS OF LIQUID MAY YIELD 4 PLUS INCHES. THE BASIN WILL ALSO
HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SECOND QUICK BURST OF SNOW AS THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MTNS...SPOKANE AREA...PALOUSE...IDAHO
PANHANDLE...EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN...AND NORTHERN BLUES MTS. THE SETUP
FOR THIS STORM WILL COME IN TWO WAVES. THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW WILL
COME WITH THE ASSOCIATED WARM MOIST ISENTROPIC LIFT MENTIONED IN
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS. THIS WILL YIELD A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY SUNDAY WITH RATIOS RANGING
FROM 15:1 SOUTH TO 25:1 NORTH YIELDING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW.
THE SECOND WAVE OF THE STORM WILL COME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECONDARY
SURFACE LOW THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP OVER OUR SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES BRINGING A WEAK TROWAL OR DEFORMATION SNOW. PRIOR TO THE 06Z
MODEL RUNS...THE LOCATION OF THIS FEATURE WAS LARGELY DISPLACED
BETWEEN THE GFS/EURO/AND NAM...HOWEVER...THE 06Z RUN IS BEGINNING
TO SHOW BETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS WITH THE
PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND
DEFORMATION SNOW DEVELOPING POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM SANDPOINT
SOUTHWEST TO RITZVILLE AND AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE. IN
ADDITION...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE WEST BRINGING
ANOTHER STRONG FORCING MECHANISM FOR MODERATE SNOW BANDS BEFORE
THE EVENT COMES TO AN END EARLY MONDAY MORNING. /BODNAR
MON AND BEYOND...WEVE EXTENDED THE END TIMES OF THE WATCH INTO
MIDDAY MON FOR MUCH OF N ID WITH THE REGION REMAINING UNDER AN
UNSTABLE AIR-MASS MUCH OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A NUMBER
OF SLOW-MOVING VORT MAXES AND A WEAKENING TROWAL STRUCTURE AS
WHATS LEFT OF THE FILLING CYCLONE MOVES INTO THE NRN ROCKIES.
FOLLOWING A BRIEF BREAK FROM ACCUMULATING SNOWS...ANOTHER WAVE
MOVING SE DOWN THE BC COAST WED WILL PRODUCE A RAPID INCREASE IN
SNOW OVER ALL OF ERN WA WED NT AND CHRISTMAS DAY UNDER WHAT LOOKS
LIKE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS A SERIES OF VORT
MAXES TRACK THROUGH THE REGION. BZ
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE KGEG-KCOE CORRIDOR AND
DOWN TO KPUW WITH AREAS OF -SN AND FOG. ANTICIPATE IMPROVING
CONDITIONS BY 12Z AS THE DRY NORTH/NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOP AND
ERODE THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. CLOUD COVER WILL LINGER FROM KEAT-
KMWH-KLWS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS. NORTH
WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN KEAT-KMWH BY 12Z SAT WITH CLEARING SKIES.
THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL INCREASE CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING KEAT AND KMWH BY 06Z
SUN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 6 -2 19 15 18 3 / 10 40 80 70 40 10
COEUR DALENE 8 -2 20 17 19 5 / 10 20 90 80 50 20
PULLMAN 10 4 28 19 23 8 / 10 40 90 80 60 30
LEWISTON 16 10 32 22 28 16 / 20 20 90 80 60 30
COLVILLE 7 -4 18 10 19 4 / 0 50 70 60 30 20
SANDPOINT 7 -7 16 12 17 2 / 10 10 70 70 50 20
KELLOGG 7 -6 21 16 18 6 / 20 10 90 90 70 30
MOSES LAKE 9 8 20 11 19 4 / 0 90 100 40 30 10
WENATCHEE 9 7 15 9 19 5 / 0 100 100 40 30 10
OMAK 4 -1 17 7 19 0 / 0 90 80 30 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR COEUR DALENE AREA.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM PST SUNDAY
FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...
WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...NORTHEAST BLUE
MOUNTAINS...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR SPOKANE AREA.
WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR OKANOGAN
VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
OKANOGAN VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR MOSES LAKE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 6:28 AM PST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 628 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 IDZ002>004-WAZ033>036-041>044-211430- COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 628 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOLLOWING WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THIS MORNING...EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO OVERTAKE MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING AS LONG AS SUNDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY WILL DECREASE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MONDAY MORNING. IDZ001-026-027-WAZ031-032-037-038-211430- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 628 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY AND PRODUCE MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 9 days |
| Dec 20, 2:41 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 43 hr |
| Dec 20, 6:06 AM PST | Wind Chill Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 5 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.