Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 28, 2008, 3:44 AM PDT for Asotin County, Garfield County, Washington. It took effect at Mar 28, 2008, 2:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2008, 3:44 AM PDT (10:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2008, 2:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2008, 11:11 AM PDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 281044 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM ON THE WAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-038-281845- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.080328T1800Z-080329T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080328T2100Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ004-281845- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.080328T1800Z-080329T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080329T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-281845- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0006.080328T2100Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ043-281845- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.080328T1500Z-080329T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080328T1500Z-080329T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY BY SATURDAY...AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON WHICH COULD PROLONG ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-281845- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.080328T1800Z-080329T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS TONIGHT. SNOW COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041-281845- /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080328T1500Z-080329T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WENATCHEE AND CHELAN AREAS TODAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY SURFACES...BUT SIDESTREETS AND BRIDGES MAY BECOME SLICK TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ035-044-281845- /O.EXB.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080328T1500Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TODAY AND TONIGHT. COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...LIKE COULEE CITY...WILBUR...AND ALMIRA WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ042-281845- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080328T1200Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 344 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BE LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST VALLEY ACCUMULATAIONS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE METHOW VALLEY...WHERE HEAVY SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 281826 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM ON THE WAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. IDZ004-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080329T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080328T2100Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND... WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ031-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.080328T2100Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BE LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE METHOW VALLEY...WHERE HEAVY SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS TONIGHT. SNOW COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041-290000- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WENATCHEE AND CHELAN AREAS TODAY. SNOW BEGAN THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY SURFACES...BUT SIDE STREETS AND BRIDGES MAY BECOME SLICK TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ035-043-044-290230- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1126 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY BY SATURDAY...AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW BEGAN TO FALL THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON WHICH COULD PROLONG ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS 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...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 282202 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM ON THE WAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. WAZ044-290615- /O.UPG.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ002-290615- /O.UPG.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMIMG HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ IDZ004-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.080329T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS AND SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND... WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ031-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASS OVER SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-290615- /O.EXA.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE PULLMAN AREA. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$ WAZ041-290300- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WENATCHEE AND CHELAN AREAS TODAY. SNOW BEGAN THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY SURFACES...BUT SIDE STREETS AND BRIDGES MAY BECOME SLICK TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ042-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BE LOCALLY HEAVY DURING THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE METHOW VALLEY...WHERE HEAVY SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ036-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.080329T0200Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS TONIGHT. SNOW COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ035-043-290615- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 302 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY BY SATURDAY...AND LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW BEGAN TO FALL THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON WHICH COULD PROLONG ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS 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...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 290231 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND INTO NORTH IDAHO. WAZ044-290345- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWS HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THERE STILL WILL BE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER MOST OF THEM WILL OCCUR EAST OF MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ041-290345- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T0300Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT. $$ IDZ002-291045- /O.EXT.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ IDZ004-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. THE NEARBY MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TOMORROW. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG A NARROW EAST TO WEST BAND EXTENDING FROM KELLER TO PRIEST RIVER THIS EVENING AND HEADING TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MIDNIGHT. THE BAND WILL MOVE INTO CANADA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT THAN NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES IN THESE BANDS COULD BE AS HEAVY AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND... WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE UNUSUALLY WET AND HEAVY. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ031-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING...HOWEVER LATER TONIGHT...THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AS UNSTABLE AIR COMBINES WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ036-291045- /O.EXT.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL END BEFORE 9 PM FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. HIGHER ELEVATIONS LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOUTH HILL AND THE WEST PLAINS WILL RECEIVE AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS TIME WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SPOTTY AND FAIRLY LIGHT. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REFORM TOWARD MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ042-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THIS WILL IMPACT UPPER PORTIONS OF THE METHOW VALLEY AS WELL AS NEAR LAKE WENATCHEE. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ035-043-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 AS WELL AS MOST OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY THROUGH 11 PM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES UNDER LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW BANDS....WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ABOVE 1500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SHOWERS BEFORE MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER LOCALIZED HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW COULD REFORM LATE TONIGHT. DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SMALL DISTANCES WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY SEEING UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291045- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 731 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF PULLMAN...IMPACTING THE TOWNS OF COLFAX...POTLATCH...AND PLUMMER. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 290620 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND INTO NORTH IDAHO. IDZ004-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY UP TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE SILVER VALLEY AND NEAR ST MARIES. MOST MOUNTAINS LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AROUND A FOOT OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG A NARROW EAST TO WEST BAND EXTENDING FROM KELLER TO PRIEST RIVER THIS EVENING AND HEADING TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MIDNIGHT. THE BAND WILL MOVE INTO CANADA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT THAN NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES IN THESE BANDS COULD BE AS HEAVY AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL REFORM BY MORNING WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WITH LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING...HOWEVER LATER TONIGHT... THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AS UNSTABLE AIR COMBINES WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ036-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW EXPECTED. BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REFORM TOWARD MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTH HILL AND WEST PLAINS WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE SPOKANE VALLEY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ035-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL REFORM LATE POSSIBLY PRODUCING A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM HARRINGTON TO WILBUR BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY. 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...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ042-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THIS WILL IMPACT UPPER PORTIONS OF THE METHOW VALLEY AS WELL AS NEAR LAKE WENATCHEE. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ043-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SMALL DISTANCES WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY SEEING UP TO 6 INCHES OF 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...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 1120 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT SATURDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE PALOUSE...WITH MOST ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. A BAND OF HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY REFORM TOWARD MORNING AND COULD DROP A NARROW BAND OF 1 TO 3 INCH ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE MIDDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AND COULD IMPACT THE TOWNS OF COLFAX...POTLATCH...AND PLUMMER. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 290754 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND INTO NORTH IDAHO. WAZ036-291430- /O.UPG.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... ...SNOW ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AM AND 8 AM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...ABOVE 2000 FEET...WILL LIKELY REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SPOKANE COUNTY... INCLUDING THE MEAD...COLBERT...AND TRENTWOOD AREAS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE AROUND CHENEY AND SPANGLE WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE WEST PLAINS. EXPECT PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM AIRWAY HEIGHTS TO DAVENPORT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING... INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF KELLOGG...PINEHURST...AND ST MARIES. BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY UP TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF THE SILVER VALLEY AND NEAR ST MARIES. MOST MOUNTAINS LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AROUND A FOOT OF NEW SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND THEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE DAY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG A NARROW EAST TO WEST BAND EXTENDING FROM KELLER TO PRIEST RIVER THIS EVENING AND HEADING TOWARD THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MIDNIGHT. THE BAND WILL MOVE INTO CANADA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT THAN NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES IN THESE BANDS COULD BE AS HEAVY AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL REFORM BY MORNING WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE COEUR DALENE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WITH LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING...HOWEVER LATER TONIGHT... THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AS UNSTABLE AIR COMBINES WITH STRONG WESTERLY WINDS. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ035-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL REFORM LATE POSSIBLY PRODUCING A QUICK 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM HARRINGTON TO WILBUR BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ042-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CASCADE CREST AND NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. THIS WILL IMPACT UPPER PORTIONS OF THE METHOW VALLEY AS WELL AS NEAR LAKE WENATCHEE. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS COULD REACH A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ043-291200- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING. BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. DUE TO THE BANDED NATURE OF THE SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS COULD VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER SMALL DISTANCES WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY SEEING UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 1254 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER THE PALOUSE...WITH MOST ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. A BAND OF HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL LIKELY REFORM TOWARD MORNING AND COULD DROP A NARROW BAND OF 1 TO 3 INCH ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE MIDDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF THIS SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AND COULD IMPACT THE TOWNS OF COLFAX... POTLATCH...AND PLUMMER. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291109 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AS A VIGOROUS SPRING STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES OUT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SPOKANE METRO THROUGH THE SILVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ035-042-043-291215- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THE OMAK...LEAVENWORTH...AND WINTHROP AREAS. $$ WAZ036-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE SPOKANE AREA BY MID MORNING. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM FROM TUM TUM...TO MEAD...TO NEWMAN LAKE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SPOKANE AREA...BUT AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN SUBURBS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE AROUND CHENEY AND SPANGLE WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE WEST PLAINS THROUGH THE MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM AIRWAY HEIGHTS TO DAVENPORT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE WALLACE...PRICHARD...AND KELLOGG AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN A BAND FROM FRUITLAND...TO SPRINGDALE...TO DEER PARK. THROUGH 8 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FORD AND DEER PARK AREAS AS A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW SLOWLY MOVES TO THE EAST. FOR THE COLVILLE...SANDPOINT...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY THIS MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HAUSER AND RATHDRUM AREAS...WHERE UP TO A FOOT OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF COUER DALENE. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDTION TO THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 409 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER THE OAKESDALE...GARFIELD...AND POTLATCH AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AREAS AND POINTS FURTHER SOUTH WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291252 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AS A VIGOROUS SPRING STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES OUT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SPOKANE METRO THROUGH THE SILVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ036-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE SPOKANE AREA BY MID MORNING. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM FROM OTIS ORCHARDS...TO NEWMAN LAKE...TO MOUNT SPOKANE. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SPOKANE AREA...BUT AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN SUBURBS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE AROUND CHENEY AND SPANGLE WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE WEST PLAINS...AND OTHER WIND PRONE AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM AIRWAY HEIGHTS TO DAVENPORT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE WALLACE...PRICHARD...AND KELLOGG AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TEN INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN A BAND FROM FRUITLAND...TO SPRINGDALE...TO DEER PARK. BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THE COMMUNITIES OF DEER PARK...PRIEST RIVER...AND SPRINGDALE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HAUSER AND RATHDRUM AREAS...WHERE UP TO A FOOT OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF COUER DALENE. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDTION TO THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. 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. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE 552 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER THE OAKESDALE...GARFIELD...AND POTLATCH AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE PULLMAN AND MOSCOW AREAS AND POINTS FURTHER SOUTH WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... OAKESDALE. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291514 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AS A VIGOROUS SPRING STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES OUT OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SPOKANE METRO THROUGH THE SILVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ033-291615- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE MAIN AREA OF SNOW HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ WAZ036-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST SPOKANE AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BETWEEN BY 11 AM FROM OTIS ORCHARDS...TO NEWMAN LAKE...TO MOUNT SPOKANE. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE SPOKANE AREA...BUT AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN SUBURBS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE AROUND CHENEY AND SPANGLE WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE WEST PLAINS...AND OTHER WIND PRONE AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM AIRWAY HEIGHTS TO DAVENPORT. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...SPOKANE VALLEY. $$ IDZ004-292315- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE WALLACE...PRICHARD...AND KELLOGG AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...IS NOT RECOMMENDED. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-292315- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN A BAND FROM SPRINGDALE...TO DEER PARK AND SPIRIT LAKE. THROUGH 11 AM...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. THE COMMUNITIES OF DEER PARK...AND PRIEST RIVER...CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THROUGH 11 AM...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HAUSER AND RATHDRUM AREAS...WHERE UP TO A FOOT OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF COUER DALENE. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-292315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDTION TO THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 814 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER THE PLUMMER AND POTLATCH AREAS. LESS THAN AN INCH POSSIBLE NEAR MOSCOW. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH... $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291706 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...AN EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AS A VIGOROUS SPRING STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES OUT OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ038-291815- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$ WAZ036-291815- /O.CAN.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$ IDZ003-291815- /O.CAN.KOTX.SN.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$ IDZ004-300115- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE VALLEYS OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...INCLUDING THE WALLACE...PRICHARD...AND KELLOGG AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MIDDAY. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300115- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON...AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN A BAND FROM CHATTAROY...TO SPIRIT LAKE. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-291815- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING. THROUGH 11 AM...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HAUSER AND RATHDRUM AREAS...WHERE UP TO A FOOT OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF COUER DALENE. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN. $$ WAZ031-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1006 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST FACING SLOPES. IN ADDTION TO THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TOMORROW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DANGEROUS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 291811 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1111 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...AN EARLY SPRING STORM CONTINUES TO DROP SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST... .AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY AS A VIGOROUS SPRING STORM SYSTEM GRADUALLY MOVES OUT OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ031-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080330T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1111 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWER WILL BE OVER THE AREA...BUT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE MINOR. $$ IDZ002-291915- /O.EXP.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080329T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN 1111 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE AREA. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ004-300215- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1111 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT UP TO 5 INCHES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS...WHILE THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO WILL RECEIVE A FOOT OR MORE OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY THIS EVENING. THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SILVER VALLEY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300215- /O.CON.KOTX.HS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080330T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1111 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VALLEYS CAN SEE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...WHILE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE MAIN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE FOUND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND SOUTH FROM CHELWELAH...TO DIAMOND LAKE...TO SANDPOINT. OVERALL...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE FOUND IN THE VALLEYS. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. THE NATURE OF THESE HEAVY BANDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHLY VARIABLE SNOW AMOUNTS. SOME SPOTS COULD PICK UP AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW UNDER AN INTENSE SNOW BAND...WHILE OTHER NEARBY LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE CONSIDERABLY LESS SNOW. THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM COULD BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN POWER LINES. REPORT FALLEN POWER LINES TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY CLEAR OF DOWNED POWER LINES...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO MOVE POWER LINES BY YOURSELF. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$
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 Mar 28, 2:56 AM PDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:56 AM PDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
256 AM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008
.SYNOPSIS...AN EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY WINDY
CONDITIONS AND LATE SEASON SNOW TO THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN
WASHINGTON AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON AND IDAHO.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WINTER REFUSES TO GIVE UP...AND THE NEXT 36-48
HOURS WILL BE VERY ACTIVE OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH THAT HAS RESIDED OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA IS FORECAST
TO BE DISLODGED AND PIVOT THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON. THE SYSTEM
WILL COME THROUGH IN AT LEAST TWO PIECES. THE FIRST VORTICITY
CENTER IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. THE
00Z GFS APPEARS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THIS LEAD WAVE...WHICH
HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS ON THE WENATCHEE AREA AND THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. A STRONGER LEAD WAVE WILL LIKELY
MEAN THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING IN THE EASTERLY
UPSLOPE ZONES...LIKE THE WENATCHEE AREA. THE SECOND PORTION OF
THIS STORM IS THE UPPER LOW...WHICH IS LOCATED JUST WEST OF
VANCOUVER ISLAND PER 09Z WATER VAPOR. AS THIS COLD UPPER LOW
PIVOTS THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON...WE ARE EXPECTING A
PROLONGED DEFORMATION ZONES TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE
NORTHERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS...AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE LOOK TO
BE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS DEFORMATION
ZONE...BUT HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE
AND NORTHERN BLUES IN THE POST-FRONTAL WESTERLY UPSLOPE ZONES.
THIS STORM LOOKS TO BE AN IDEAL SET UP FOR EARLY SEASON HEAVY
SNOW. THE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS OVER INTERIOR WASHINGTON IS QUITE DRY
WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. AS
PRECIPITATION FALLS INTO THE DRY AIRMASS...EVAPORATIVE COOLING
PROCESSES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SURFACE TEMPERATURES WET BULBING
DOWN INTO THE 30S EVEN DURING THE DAYTIME. THE COLD CORE ALONE
WITH THIS UPPER LOW IS VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH -40C ON THE 00Z RAOBS
OVER WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO DEEPLY CONVECTIVE BANDED SNOW. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM
ARE FORECASTING RAPID SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS AFTER 00Z...AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A DEEP TROWAL SIGNATURE FROM 700MB THROUGH 400MB AS
EVIDENT BY THE THERMAL RIDGE ORIENTED FROM EAST TO WEST OVER
NORTHERN WASHINGTON. FORECASTING THE EXACT POSITION OF THE TROWAL
AIRSTREAM IS TOUGH...SINCE THESE HIGHLY CONVECTIVE SNOW BANDS CAN
BE VERY NARROW...AND TYPICALLY CONSTRICT AS THEY MATURE IN A
CONVECTIVELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. I WOULD EXPECT THAT A BAND OF 10-12
INCHES OF SNOW COULD OCCUR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW SOMEWHERE OVER
NORTHERN WASHINGTON.
AS FOR MODEL PREFERENCES...I LIKE THE WAY THE 00Z GFS INITIALIZED
THE SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE TROUGH OFF THE COAST. HOWEVER...THE
GFS HAS AGAIN INITIALIZED TOO MUCH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. FOR THIS
REASON...I THINK THE PRECIPITATION GENERATED BY THE GFS THIS
MORNING OVER THE EAST SLOPES IS PROBABLY TOO MUCH. I ALSO THINK
THAT THE GFS SUFFERS FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK LATER IN THE
FORECAST...NAMELY LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE
TROWAL...WHICH IS OVER THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. THE
NAMS DEPICTION OF THE PRECIPITATION LATER IN THE FORECAST LOOKS
MORE REALISTIC. THIS SCENARIO WOULD PUT SPOKANE IN SNOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY SNOW WARNING AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
THE CANADIAN BORDER. AS FOR THE WENATCHEE AREA...1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED TODAY WITH SOME MELTING OCCURRING AS THE SNOW FALLS
DURING THE DAYTIME. SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE
OKANOGAN VALLEY...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND FAR NORTHERN BASIN.
THESE SPOTS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA IF THE TROWAL SNOW BAND
SETS UP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THESE AREAS BEFORE MIGRATING NORTH.
/GKOCH
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...A DEFORMATION ZONE FROM FRIDAYS
SYSTEM LINGERS OVER THE NORTHERN CWA...THOUGH IT BEGINS TO LOSE
SOME DEFINITION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE NEXT SHORT-WAVE TROUGH
ALSO PIVOTS ACROSS THE AREA. THE SYNOPTIC-SCALE LIFT ASSOCIATED
WITH IT BEGINS TO MOVE IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PASSES TO THE
EAST TOWARD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE MEAN WESTERLY FLOW WILL ADD
OROGRAPHIC LIFT FOR THE CASCADE AND EASTERN ZONES. THE 700-500 MB
LAPSE RATES ALSO AVERAGE AROUND 8.0 DEG C/KM THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD
AND FAIRLY DECENT MOISTURE REMAINS WRAPPED UP OVER EASTERN THIRD
OF THE CWA. THIS TRANSLATES TO HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY/LCL
CATEGORICAL POPS OVER NORTH IDAHO...THE EASTERN THIRD OF WA AND
CASCADES. THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL KEEP PRIMARILY SLIGHT POPS IN THE
LEE OF THE CASCADES. PRECIP CHANCES WILL WANE SUNDAY NIGHT AS
GREATER SUBSIDENCE MOVES IN JUST BEFORE THE NEXT SHORT- WAVE
TROUGH. SNOW WILL REMAIN THE MOST LIKELY P-TYPE WITH DAYTIME WET-
BULB ZERO HEIGHTS RISING UP TO ONLY MAYBE 1500 TO 2000 FEET. A FEW
MORE INCHES OF SNOW LOOK LIKELY OVER THE NE WA AND NRN PANHANDLE
VALLEYS...WITH SEVERAL MORE INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
THE SPOKANE/CDA AREA AND PALOUSE COULD ALSO SEE ANOTHER INCH OR
TWO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE BREEZY
CATEGORY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS THE BASIN INTO SPOKANE
AREA...BEFORE WANING SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
BELOW AVERAGE.
MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...THAT NEXT SHORT-WAVE MOVES IN. HOWEVER BY
THIS TIME FRAME THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAS PUSHED INTO
THE PANHANDLE. THE BEST RISK FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FOUND IN
THIS AREA...AS WELL AS BACKED UP INTO THE CASCADES CREST. A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WAS ADDED FOR THE EASTERN WA
ZONES TOO. HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATIONS ATTM LOOK MINOR.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MODEL AGREEMENT AND CONSISTENCY IS ONLY
FAIR. NO BIG CHANGES MADE TO THIS PART OF THE FORECAST. SOME RUNS
SUGGEST RIDGING AND OTHERS CONTINUE TO BRING WEAK DISTURBANCES
THROUGH THE AREA...BEFORE A LONGER-WAVE TROUGH DEEPENS OFF THE
COAST. EITHER WAY THE REGION LOOKS TO BE IN A COMPARATIVELY DRIER
PATTERN. THE MAIN PRECIP CHANCES WILL LAY IN THE MTN ZONES...WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE ENTERING THE EASTERN VALLEY ZONES BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD AT THE BROADER TROUGH TRIES TO ESTABLISH ITSELF OFF
COAST AND PUTS THE CWA IN A SWLY FLOW. ALL GUIDANCE SHOWS A
GENERAL RISE IN 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES AND 850 MB TEMPS AFTER
MONDAY. TACK ON THE SUGGESTION OF A SWLY FLOW TOWARD THE END OF
THE PERIOD...THERE IS CONFIDENCE IN SAYING THERE SHOULD BE WARMING
TREND IN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. FORECAST TEMPS ARE FORECAST
TO APPROACH NORMAL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. /J
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...AS ONE SYSTEM
EXITS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND THE NEXT STRONGER WAVE APPROACHES
THE REGION FRI MORNING. EXPECT ISOLD SHSN/SHGS FROM KPUW N TO THE
SPOKANE AREA TIL 2-3Z FRI BEFORE SUNSET HELPS TO END THE SHOWER THREAT.
THOUGH THE BRIEF BREAK BETWEEN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SYSTEMS TONIGHT
WILL PRODUCE CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT...THERE DOESNT APPEAR TO BE
A FOG THREAT GIVEN THE DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS OVER ERN WA. IN
ADDITION...INCREASING E WINDS ACROSS THE PALOUSE SHOULD KEEP DRY
AND VFR WX PERSISTING WELL INTO THE DAY FRI FOR KPUW/KLWS.
HOWEVER...EXPECT CEILINGS AND VSBYS TO LOWER DRAMATICALLY INO THE
MVFR AND IFR CATEGORY AFT 18Z FIRST FOR THE KMWH AND KEAT
TAFS...THEN SPREAD E TO THE SPOKANE AND PALOUSE AREA THRU 0Z SAT.
PCPN TYPE WILL BE SNOW AT ALL SITES FRI WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KLWS
WHERE A RAIN/SNOW MIX WILL FALL LATE IN THE DAY. BZ
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 40 27 39 26 39 26 / 70 80 70 30 30 20
COEUR DALENE 39 27 38 24 38 24 / 70 90 70 40 40 20
PULLMAN 41 27 39 27 39 26 / 60 60 70 30 30 20
LEWISTON 48 30 45 29 45 28 / 50 50 50 20 30 20
COLVILLE 45 28 43 25 44 22 / 80 90 70 40 40 20
SANDPOINT 39 28 37 27 38 24 / 60 90 80 40 40 30
KELLOGG 35 25 35 25 36 24 / 70 100 80 60 40 30
MOSES LAKE 45 28 49 24 52 25 / 80 50 20 10 20 0
WENATCHEE 40 30 48 32 51 30 / 90 50 20 10 10 0
OMAK 42 28 49 25 49 23 / 80 80 40 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID... SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
COEUR DALENE AREA.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
WA...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
SPOKANE AREA.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
FOR WENATCHEE AREA.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN
CASCADES.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 AM PDT SATURDAY FOR
OKANOGAN VALLEY...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT
SATURDAY FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 10:43 PM PDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1043 PM PDT THU MAR 27 2008 IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036>038-042-043-281300- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 1043 PM PDT THU MAR 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWS TO NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH IDAHO FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEAR THE CASCADES IN THE MORNING...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST BY FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIME OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS IN LOCAL SNOW BANDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO REACH MOST VALLEY FLOORS. IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>035-041-044-281300- IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1043 PM PDT THU MAR 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER EARLY SPRING STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEAR THE CASCADES IN THE MORNING...AND GRADUALLY SPREAD EAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL ENOUGH IN THE VALLEYS TO SEE SNOW OVER ALL BUT THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ARE A POSSIBILITY LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND WATERVILLE PLATEAU.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:51 PM PDT | Snow Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:44 AM PDT | Heavy Snow Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.