Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2008, 4:06 AM PST for 8 counties in Idaho; 5 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 12:16 PM PST. It was in force for 64 hr. 40 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
- Jan 30, 2008, 4:06 AM PST (12:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2008, 12:16 PM PST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2008, 4:41 AM PST
- In force
- 64 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, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 5:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | KOOTENAI 72H, ELEVATION 2300FT. |
| Jan 31, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | 2 Sw Hayden, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 112, ELEVATION 2250FT. |
| Jan 31, 6:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 N Hauser, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 65, ELEVATION 2600FT. |
| Jan 31, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 6 Se Springdale, WA | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nnw Spokane, WA | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Spokane, WA | |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 7 Ene Spokane, WA | SPOKANE VALLEY. |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Spokane, WA | SPOKANE VALLEY. |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 8 Ne Rockford, ID | SPOTTER SPOKANE 133, ELEVATION 3000FT. |
| Jan 31, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Post Falls, ID | FELL OVER THE PAST 9 HOURS. SPOTTER KOOTENAI 79...ELEVATION 2200 FEET. |
| Jan 31, 7:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 W Athol, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 82, ELEVATION 2500FT. |
| Jan 31, 7:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 Ne Loon Lake, WA | SPOTTER STEVENS 45, ELEVATION 2544FT. |
| Jan 31, 7:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Viola, ID | FELL DURING PAST 24HRS. LOTS OF DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. SPOTTER LATAH 33 ELEVATION 2913 |
| Jan 31, 7:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 6 Nw Deer Park, WA | |
| Jan 31, 7:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 9 Se Springdale, WA | |
| Jan 31, 7:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Ese St. Maries, ID | PAST 24HRS. DRIFTING SNOW. SPOTTER BENEWAH 15 |
| Jan 31, 7:53 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.8 | 4 N Coeur D'Alene, ID | SPOTTER KOOT 27H...PAST 24HRS |
| Jan 31, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.3 | Hayden, ID | PAST 24HRS. |
| Jan 31, 8:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Nw Blanchard, ID | PAST 24HRS...SPOTTER BONNER38 |
| Jan 31, 8:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Mead, WA | |
| Jan 31, 8:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 5 Sw Spokane, WA | PAST 24HRS |
| Jan 31, 8:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 4 E Spokane, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE153...PAST 24HRS. |
| Jan 31, 8:49 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 W Pullman, WA | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. WHITMAN 54--ELEVATION 2526 |
| Jan 31, 8:58 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Bonners Ferry, ID | PAST 24HRS |
| Jan 31, 9:06 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Kendrick, ID | STILL SNOWING. |
| Jan 31, 9:08 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Wsw Troy, ID | SPOTTER LATAH 13...STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 31, 9:13 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lenore, ID | HAS FALLEN AT 2500 FT ELEVATION...3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEARBY AT 900 FT AND 1500 FT ELEVATIONS. |
| Jan 31, 9:26 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Metaline Falls, WA | FELL DURING THE LAST 24HRS...SPOTTER PEND OREILLE 22...ELEVATION 2350. |
| Jan 31, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Wallace, ID | STILL FALLING...3.5 FEET ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 31, 9:32 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Mullan, ID | STILL FALLING HEAVILY. 6 FEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 31, 9:33 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Wnw Diamond Lake, WA | FELL DURING THE PAST 24HRS. SPOTTER PEND OREILLE 19...ELEVATION 2536. |
| Jan 31, 9:39 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Chewelah, WA | |
| Jan 31, 9:55 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Ene Athol, ID | SPOTTER KOOTENAI 17. ELEVATION 2445 FEET. |
| Jan 31, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 W Naples, ID | SPOTTER BOUNDARY 18. ELEVATION 2300 FEET. |
| Jan 31, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | SPOTTER LATAH 5. ELEVATION 2960 FEET. |
| Jan 31, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | Fairchild Afb, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 31, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Spokane, WA | STORM TOTAL FROM THE SPOKANE AIRPORT |
| Jan 31, 1:15 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Wnw Pullman, WA | FELL SINCE 10PM LAST NIGHT |
| Jan 31, 2:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lenore, ID | HAS FALLEN AT 2500 FEET...6 INCHES TOTAL NEARBY AT 900 FEET. SNOW HAS NOW ENDED. |
| Jan 31, 4:25 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 2 S Deary, ID | STORM TOTAL...SPOTTER LATAH 22 ELEVATION 2790 |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 301206 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 IDZ001-004-302015- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.080131T0600Z-080201T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHTS NEW STORM ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR YESTERDAYS STORM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY. EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-302015- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080130T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR A NEW STORM EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR YESTERDAYS STORM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STEADY SNOW WILL COMMENCE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ037-302015- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION BREEZY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-302015- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND TAPERING OFF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL NEAR COEUR DALENE...WITH A GENERAL 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED IN AND AROUND SPOKANE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-302015- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0004.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-302015- /O.NEW.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND EAST OF RITZVILLE. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ042-302015- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE A FRONT PASSES AND ALLOWS SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 10AM. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST WITH THIS STORM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ038-302015- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 406 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SHERMAN PASS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
16 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 301912 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 IDZ001-004-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY. EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION BREEZY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND TAPERING OFF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL NEAR COEUR DALENE...WITH A GENERAL 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED IN AND AROUND SPOKANE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND EAST OF RITZVILLE. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ031-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH NOT MUCH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION...HOWEVER A STEADY SNOW WILL COMMENCE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH NOT MUCH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION...HOWEVER A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE A FRONT PASSES AND ALLOWS SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 10AM THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST WITH THIS STORM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ038-310400- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1112 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SHERMAN PASS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 302016 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 IDZ026-027-310500- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T1000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER LOCATIONS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM LENORE DOWN TO MOHLER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ001-004-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY. EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION BREEZY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND TAPERING OFF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL NEAR COEUR DALENE...WITH A GENERAL 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED IN AND AROUND SPOKANE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND EAST OF RITZVILLE. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ031-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH NOT MUCH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION...HOWEVER A STEADY SNOW WILL COMMENCE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH NOT MUCH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION...HOWEVER A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE A FRONT PASSES AND ALLOWS SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 10AM THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST WITH THIS STORM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ038-310500- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1216 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SHERMAN PASS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 310457 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 IDZ026-027-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T1000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER LOCATIONS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM LENORE TO MOHLER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ001-004-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION BREEZY WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL NEAR COEUR DALENE WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES AND BECOMINES SHOWERY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A GENERAL 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL FALL IN SPOKANE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL BRING 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. STEADY SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND EAST OF RITZVILLE. IN ADDITION BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ031-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.080131T0600Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO COMMENCE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A STEADY SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT BEFORE A FRONT PASSES AND ALLOWS THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 10AM THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST WITH THIS STORM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ038-311200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.080131T0600Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 857 PM PST WED JAN 30 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SHERMAN PASS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 311157 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ026-027-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. 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. $$ IDZ001-004-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAWN FRIDAY. EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... STEADY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS. EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... STEADY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AFTER. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE AREA...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR COEUR DALENE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER EXPOSED TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST PLAINS AND RATHDRUM PRAIRIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY THIS 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...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ035-311800- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. STEADY SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND EAST OF RITZVILLE. IN ADDITION WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ031-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-311800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A STEADY SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING BEFORE A FRONT PASSES AND ALLOWS THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 10AM THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CREST WITH THIS STORM. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ038-311800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 357 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WILL BRING STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR SHERMAN PASS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 311612 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 WAZ035-311715- /O.CAN.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY BUT FURTHER WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP ENOUGH AND WINDS HAVE SLACKENED UP ENOUGH TO HALT MOST BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ038-042-311715- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080131T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SPOTTY SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY STILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY BUT FURTHER WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ026-027-010015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ001-004-010015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. BOTH STEADY SNOW FROM A PASSING FRONTAL ZONE OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP A CONTINUED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED WHEN THIS STORM SYSTEM ENDS. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ037-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080131T2000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. MODERATE SNOW FROM A PASSING FRONT OR SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE AREA. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED WHEN THIS STORM SYSTEM ENDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-312000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. MODERATE SNOW FROM A FRONT TO THE SOUTH OF SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE MAY GET CHANGE DIRECTION AND MOVE BACK OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT MAY ALLOW FURTHER SNOWFALL. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. WIND HAS DECREASED ENOUGH AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP ENOUGH TO MINIMIZE FURTHER BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS TO FALL SOUTH OF THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CAUSED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WARMING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL ACT TO MINIMIZE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 812 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 311733 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ002-WAZ036-037-311845- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080131T2000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OCCURRING TODAY HAS NOW MOVED TO THE SOUTH WITH MOST LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH IMPROVING...EITHER CLEARING OUT OR EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED SNOWFALL ACTIVITY WITH MINIMAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT THE BREAK IN SNOWFALL IS NOW PRONOUNCED AND LONG ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ IDZ026-027-010145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL BRING 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ACTED TO MINIMIZE IT THIS MORNING. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. 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. $$ IDZ001-004-010145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. BOTH STEADY SNOW FROM A PASSING FRONTAL ZONE OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP A CONTINUED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED WHEN THIS STORM SYSTEM ENDS. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 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. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. OVERALL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WHEN THE STORM ENDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CAUSED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WARMING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. 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...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 933 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 311757 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ001-311900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOWFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE...PRIMARILY BECOMING MORE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAINS. IT NEEDS TO BE NOTED THAT MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT...BUT THE CURRENT BREAK IN SNOWFALL BOTH SNOWFALL INTENSITY AND COVERAGE IS PRONOUNCED AND LONG ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ IDZ026-027-010200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAST NIGHTS AND TODAYS SNOW EVENT WILL RESULT IN ROUGHLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 6 PM. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ACTED TO MINIMIZE IT THIS MORNING. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ004-010200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. BOTH STEADY SNOW FROM A PASSING FRONTAL ZONE OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP A CONTINUED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED WHEN THIS STORM SYSTEM ENDS. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. OVERALL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WHEN THE STORM ENDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CAUSED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WARMING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 957 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 311852 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1052 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ026-027-010200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1052 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAST NIGHTS AND TODAYS SNOW EVENT WILL RESULT IN ROUGHLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 6 PM. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ACTED TO MINIMIZE IT THIS MORNING. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ004-010300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1052 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FRIDAY. BOTH STEADY SNOW FROM A PASSING FRONTAL ZONE OR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KEEP A CONTINUED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA. A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE VALLEYS ON AVERAGE AND UP TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED WHEN THIS STORM SYSTEM ENDS. GUSTY WINDS DURING THE STORM WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 1052 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. OVERALL STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN INCREASED AS THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF UP TO ONE FOOT OF NEW SNOW 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSCOW, IDAHO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONGING STORM. THEREFORE OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WITHIN 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW AS A STALLED FRONTAL ZONE OVERHEAD OF THE AREA DUMPS AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE CAUSED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WARMING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MINIMIZE THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1052 AM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 312131 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ004-010545- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW FROM A SLOWLY EXITING FRONTAL THIS EVENING COUPLED WITH MORE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS FROM ANOTHER PASSING STORM SYSTEM TOMORROW WILL RESULT IN OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS STILL RECEIVING SNOW FROM THE EXITING FRONT WHILE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO NEW FEET OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. A BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS WILL OCCUR...AND RATHER THAN END THE WINTER STORM WARNING IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM TO ACCOMMODATE THE SNOWFALL FROM BOTH OF THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE BUT DRIFTS THAT DID RESULT FROM TODAYS STORM ARE CERTAIN TO BECOME MORE UNMANAGEABLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010545- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW FROM A SLOWLY EXITING FRONTAL SYSTEM TODAY HAS RESULTED IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FALLING BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS SYSTEM IS SLOWLY EXITING TO THE SOUTH AND A BREAK IN SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR...BUT IT WILL BE BRIEF AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING DEPOSITING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON AVERAGE...HOWEVER LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. RATHER THAN END THE ONGOING WINTER STORM WARNING DUE TO THE BRIEF BREAK IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM TO ACCOMMODATE THE SNOWFALL FROM BOTH OF THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE BUT DRIFTS THAT DID RESULT FROM TODAYS STORM ARE CERTAIN TO BECOME MORE UNMANAGEABLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ026-027-010200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0200Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAST NIGHTS AND TODAYS SNOW EVENT WILL RESULT IN ROUGHLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 6 PM. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ACTED TO MINIMIZE IT THIS MORNING. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035>038-010545- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.080201T0600Z-080201T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN YET ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION ...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES IN SOME VERY LOCALIZED LOCATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ031-010000- /O.CON.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 131 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A STEADY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 312228 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ026-027-010600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAST NIGHTS AND TODAYS SNOW EVENT WILL RESULT IN ROUGHLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY 10 PM...WITH MAJORITY OF THE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...BUT TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING HAVE ACTED TO MINIMIZE IT THIS MORNING. BELOW 1500 FEET SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION WHERE TEMPERATURES SUPPORT IT. 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. $$ IDZ004-010630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW FROM A SLOWLY EXITING FRONTAL THIS EVENING COUPLED WITH MORE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS FROM ANOTHER PASSING STORM SYSTEM TOMORROW WILL RESULT IN OVERALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS STILL RECEIVING SNOW FROM THE EXITING FRONT WHILE MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE UP TO TWO NEW FEET OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. A BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS WILL OCCUR...AND RATHER THAN END THE WINTER STORM WARNING IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM TO ACCOMMODATE THE SNOWFALL FROM BOTH OF THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE BUT DRIFTS THAT DID RESULT FROM TODAYS STORM ARE CERTAIN TO BECOME MORE UNMANAGEABLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-010630- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW FROM A SLOWLY EXITING FRONTAL SYSTEM TODAY HAS RESULTED IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FALLING BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS SYSTEM IS SLOWLY EXITING TO THE SOUTH AND A BREAK IN SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR...BUT IT WILL BE BRIEF AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING DEPOSITING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON AVERAGE...HOWEVER LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. RATHER THAN END THE ONGOING WINTER STORM WARNING DUE TO THE BRIEF BREAK IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM TO ACCOMMODATE THE SNOWFALL FROM BOTH OF THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE BUT DRIFTS THAT DID RESULT FROM TODAYS STORM ARE CERTAIN TO BECOME MORE UNMANAGEABLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ WAZ031-010600- /O.EXT.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A STEADY SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF OVERALL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH THE PASSING WEATHER SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXPOSED RIDGES AS WEST WINDS GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035>038-010630- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.080201T0600Z-080201T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 228 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN YET ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION ...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES IN SOME VERY LOCALIZED LOCATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 010531 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 IDZ026-027-010645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BELOW 1500 FEET BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. $$ WAZ031-010645- /O.CAN.KOTX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080201T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THOUGH THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON RIDGES. EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW BELOW 1500 FEET BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. $$ IDZ004-011345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW...WEAKER THAN THE SYSTEM THURSDAY...WILL MOVE INTO NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND TWO FEET OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE COMMON. THOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE LESS WIDESPREAD INTO FRIDAY...WIND GUSTS UP 30 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-011345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. STEADY SNOW FROM A SLOWLY EXITING FRONTAL SYSTEM THURSDAY HAS RESULTED IN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 AND 16 INCHES. THIS SYSTEM IS SLOWLY EXITING TO THE SOUTH AND A BREAK IN SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR...BUT IT WILL BE BRIEF AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS OVERNIGHT STORM WILL DEPOSIT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON AVERAGE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS BECOME LESS OF AN ISSUE BUT DRIFTS THAT DID RESULT FROM TODAYS STORM ARE CERTAIN TO BECOME MORE UNMANAGEABLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ035>038-011345- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.080201T0600Z-080201T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 931 PM PST THU JAN 31 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN YET ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION ON AVERAGE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSOBIE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011216 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 416 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 WAZ035-038-011330- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 416 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LOCAL AND MINOR. $$ IDZ004-012030- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 416 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE SHOWERS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE LESS WIDESPREAD TODAY...WIND GUSTS UP 30 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-011800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 416 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... WHILE STEADY SNOW IS WINDING DOWN OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE PALOUSE THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. IN ADDITION WITH CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY ON THE EXPOSED TERRAIN OF THE PALOUSE. 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...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-011800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 416 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A COLD...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. WHILE GENERALLY HIT-AND-MISS IN NATURE...THESE SHOWERS MAY ORGANIZE INTO PERSISTENT BANDS WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OF 3 TO 5 ADDITIONAL INCHES THIS MORNING. THIS RISK IS GREATEST OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND IN WASHINGTON NORTH OF SPOKANE. IN ADDITION CONTINUING BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF FRESH SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011710 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 WAZ033-011815- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. $$ WAZ036-037-011815- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080201T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. $$ IDZ004-020115- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH TODAY. EXPECT ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE SHOWERS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. THOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE LESS WIDESPREAD TODAY...WIND GUSTS UP 30 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. 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. $$ IDZ003-012300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T2300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION WITH CONTINUED BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY ON THE EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE. $$ IDZ001-002-012300- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080201T2300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 910 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. COLD...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE REGION TODAY. WHILE GENERALLY HIT-AND- MISS IN NATURE...THESE SHOWERS MAY ORGANIZE INTO PERSISTENT BANDS WHICH COULD PRODUCE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN COEUR DALENE AND SANDPOINT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 012242 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 242 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 IDZ003-012345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080201T2300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 242 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ IDZ001-002-012345- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080201T2300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 242 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$ IDZ004-020600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 242 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECT ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE SHOWERS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE LESS WIDESPREAD TODAY...WIND GUSTS UP 30 MPH WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING ON EXPOSED TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-020645- /O.NEW.KOTX.SN.Y.0013.080202T2000Z-080203T0800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 242 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM IS PROJECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE PACIFIC COAST AND TRACK INTO THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME STEADIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 ABOVE 1500 FEET. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 020451 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 851 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 IDZ004-021300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1300Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 851 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST SATURDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ON AVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THESE SNOWS...WIDE RANGES IN ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE LIMITED TO RIDGES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ041-044-021300- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0013.080202T2000Z-080203T0800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 851 PM PST FRI FEB 1 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM IS PROJECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE PACIFIC COAST AND TRACK INTO THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME STEADIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... BEFORE DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 ABOVE 1500 FEET. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021241 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 441 AM PST SAT FEB 2 2008 IDZ004-021345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080202T1300Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 441 AM PST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. AS SUCH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ041-044-022045- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0013.080202T2000Z-080203T0800Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 441 AM PST SAT FEB 2 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM IS PROJECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE PACIFIC COAST AND TRACK INTO THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND BECOME STEADIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... BEFORE DISSIPATING OVERNIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 ABOVE 1500 FEET. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
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 Jan 30, 3:30 AM PST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:30 AM PST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
330 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A QUIET BREAK IN THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS MAINLY CONCENTRATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE INLAND
NORTHWEST. THE NEXT STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY...A COLD UPPER TROUGH IS VISIBLE ON SATELLITE OVER THE
REGION THIS MORNING. THIS COLD POOL ALOFT AND THE ASSOCIATED
INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER RANDOM SNOW SHOWERS...BUT
CONCENTRATED MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF THE BASIN
WITH FURTHER MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ON THE HIGH TERRAIN.
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...THE NEXT STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL
PLOW INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. GFS MODEL HAS BEEN QUITE
CONSISTENT WITH THE NATURE OF THIS BEAST OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. LIKE
YESTERDAYS SYSTEM...THIS STORM WILL CONSIST OF A PERIOD OF
ISENTROPIC SNOW MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST
AREA...BUT ALSO SOME MODERATE ACCUMULATION IN THE DEEP BASIN AND
CASCADES LEE ZONES WITH A BETTER LOW LEVEL WIND COMPONENT INTO THE
CASCADES. THEN A STRONG OCCLUDED FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE
REGION DURING THE DAY THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER SHOT OF MODERATE SNOW
DURING THE MORNING OVER THE DEEP BASIN AND LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THURSDAYS
STORM AND YESTERDAYS WILL BE STRONGER DYNAMIC SUPPORT ALOFT
DURING THE ISENTROPIC SNOW PERIOD WHICH WILL SUPERCHARGE THE SNOW
FALL RATES AND CREATE GOOD UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION IN THE DENDRITIC
SNOW GROWTH LAYER. THUS EXPECT OVERALL MORE ACCUMULATION FROM
THURSDAYS STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE MOST OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE
FORECAST AREA TO ACHIEVE A GENERAL 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE LOW
LANDS...WITH MUCH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO
PANHANDLE. THUS A SLEW OF WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE ISSUED
WITH THE 4AM ZONE ISSUANCE. AFTER THE OCCLUDED FROPA DURING THE
AFTERNOON...FLOW WILL BECOME MOIST OROGRAPHIC WITH FURTHER HEAVY
SNOW SHOWERS PILING INTO THE PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING AT LEAST. ALSO...A TIGHT SOUTHERLY GRADIENT DURING THE
EVENT WILL CAUSE BREEZY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT. /FUGAZZI
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR
THIS TIME FRAME. MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WITH 850MB WINDS WESTERLY
BTWN 20-30KTS WILL FAVOR CONTINUED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE
MOUNTAINS OF N IDAHO AND THE CASCADE CREST. THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE
LOOKS TO BE PARTICULARLY FAVORABLE DUE TO LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW
PERPENDICULAR TO THE MTNS MAXIMIZING UPSLOPE FLOW. GFS SHOWS
STRONG OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE IN THIS AREA AS WELL SO
SNOW AMT:QPF RATIOS OF NEAR 20:1 NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THERE
MAY ALSO BE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THU NGT FOR THE SPOKANE/COEUR
DALENE AREAS AS WELL AS THE PALOUSE AS A WEAK WAVE PASSES
THROUGH. THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND COLUMBIA BASIN WILL BE SHADOWED
DUE TO THE WESTERLY FLOW WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED.
1000-850MB THICKNESSES STAY QUITE LOW DURING THIS PERIOD WITH VALUES
OF 1290-1300DM THU NGT/FRI COOLING TO 1270-1280DM FRI NGT...WHICH IN
COMBINATION WITH SNOW COVER OVER ALL THE AREA WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE DURING THE EXTENDED
DUE TO MODEL TO MODEL AND RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES. LOOKS LIKE
PATTERN STAYS COOL AS NW FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS...BUT TIMING AND
DEGREE OF MOISTURE FROM LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DROPPING DOWN FROM
THE NORTHWEST REMAIN IN QUESTION. THUS...NO CHANGES MADE TO THIS
PART OF THE FORECAST. JW
&&
.AVIATION...
A COLD BUT UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL
PROMOTE SCATTERED MVFR VISIBILITY SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY NEAR THE
CASCADE CREST AND OVER THE EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND IDAHO
PAMHANDLE. THESE SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. OTHERWISE GENERALLY BENIGN CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY
EXCEPT FOR MVFR CEILING STRATUS FIELDS OVER THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA
BASIN. TONIGHT A NEW AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE
DETERIORATION OF CONDITIONS INTO IFR CATEGORY IN SNOW MANLY AFTER
06Z.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 30 26 34 25 32 20 / 20 100 100 50 20 10
COEUR DALENE 30 26 35 26 33 22 / 30 100 100 70 40 30
PULLMAN 32 26 34 28 32 22 / 50 80 90 50 20 10
LEWISTON 39 32 42 33 41 30 / 50 60 70 20 10 10
COLVILLE 29 23 33 22 31 17 / 20 100 100 60 30 20
SANDPOINT 29 24 33 27 30 24 / 40 100 100 90 60 40
KELLOGG 30 24 33 26 32 22 / 50 100 100 90 70 40
MOSES LAKE 31 21 32 16 33 15 / 10 50 60 10 10 10
WENATCHEE 29 18 31 20 34 20 / 10 60 60 10 0 0
OMAK 25 19 29 16 28 9 / 10 60 60 10 10 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR COEUR DALENE AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR SPOKANE AREA.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR
OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST THURSDAY FOR UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM PST
THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:12 PM PST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 412 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 IDZ001>004-WAZ031-033-036-037-310015- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 412 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY LATE SUNDAY. IDZ026-027-WAZ032-034-035-038-041>044-310015- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 412 PM PST TUE JAN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AND ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY LATE SUNDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:06 AM PST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:06 AM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 28 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.