Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 11, 2008, 3:29 PM PST for 12 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 4:13 AM PST. It was in force for 58 hr. 48 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 11, 2008, 3:29 PM PST (23:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2008, 4:13 AM PST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2008, 2:39 PM PST
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 3:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Wnw Deer Park, WA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 4:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Nne Sandpoint, ID | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nnw Hauser, ID | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 5:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Loon Lake, WA | |
| Dec 12, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nw Naples, ID | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 6:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Clayton, WA | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 6:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 Nne Loon Lake, WA | |
| Dec 12, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 7 S Liberty Lake, WA | |
| Dec 12, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | Newport, WA | |
| Dec 12, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bonners Ferry, ID | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 12, 8:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 W Boyds, WA | |
| Dec 12, 8:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 E Wallace, ID | |
| Dec 12, 9:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 W Anatone, WA | 3800 FEET. |
| Dec 12, 9:45 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Nw Blanchard, ID | 2200 FEET. |
| Dec 13, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 W Boyds, WA | ELEV. 3360 FT. |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Oroville, WA | COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 1157 FT. |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Springdale, WA | |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Inchelium, WA | |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 4 N Republic, WA | COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 2916 FT. |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Chewelah, WA | |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS OBSERVER. ELEV. 2123 FT. |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Ione, WA | IONE EAST. |
| Dec 13, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Cusick, WA | ELEV. 2090 FT. |
| Dec 13, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Clark Fork, ID | ELEV. 2309 FT. |
| Dec 13, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Spirit Lake, ID | ELEV. 2550 FT. |
| Dec 13, 8:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Metaline Falls, WA | ELEV. 2350 FT. |
| Dec 13, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 W Omak, WA | ELEV. 1200 FT. |
| Dec 13, 8:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Molson, WA | ELEV. 3795 FT. |
| Dec 13, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | Northport, WA | NORTHPORT CO-OP |
| Dec 13, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Porthill, ID | PORTHILL CO-OP |
| Dec 13, 9:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 9 N Metaline Falls, WA | BOUNDARY DAM REPORTED RECORD SNOWFALL FOR 24 HOURS ENDING 9AM ON DEC 13 |
| Dec 13, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Bonners Ferry, ID | ELEV. 1864 FT. |
| Dec 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Mica, WA | MICA PEAK. ELEV. 3000 FT. |
| Dec 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Hauser, ID | ELEV. 2600 FT. |
| Dec 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 13 W Naples, ID | ELEV. 2300 FT. |
| Dec 13, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Naples, ID | ELEV. 2022 FT. |
| Dec 13, 10:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 W Loon Lake, WA | ELEV. 2544 FT. |
| Dec 13, 11:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 W Athol, ID | ELEV 2500 FT |
| Dec 13, 11:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 8 Sw Inchelium, WA | |
| Dec 13, 3:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 W Pullman, WA | STORM TOTAL SINCE THIS MORNING. ELEV 2526 FT |
| Dec 13, 3:14 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 6 Sse St. John, WA | ELEV 2230FT |
| Dec 13, 6:09 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Pomeroy, WA | 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER MOST OF GARFIELD CO. ELEV 2500 |
| Dec 13, 6:10 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Pomeroy, WA | ELEVATION 2500 FEET |
| Dec 13, 10:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nne Waterville, WA | ELEVATION 2640 FEET |
| Dec 13, 10:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Wnw Mansfield, WA | ELEVATION 2274 FEET |
| Dec 14, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 E Wenatchee, WA | EAST WENATCHEE. STORM TOTAL SNOW. ELEV 874 FT |
| Dec 14, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 Sw Anatone, WA | STORM TOTAL. ELEV 3800 FT |
| Dec 14, 12:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 5 Nne Brewster, WA | STORM TOTAL. ELEV 1300 FT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 112329 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO VALLEYS...AND NEAR THE CASCADES ESPECIALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR SOME AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WAZ042-120730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY DURING THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. IN THE MOUNTAINS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CREST. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-120730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 15 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE ON SATURDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL POSSIBLY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH TO SOUTH VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-120730- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081212T2000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVES IN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ044-120730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ041-120730- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE AND ABOVE 1500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 1500 FEET. FRIDAY NIGHT A BAND OF MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF WENATCHEE WHERE THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY MORNING GIVING THE WENATCHEE AREA A GOOD CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ IDZ004-WAZ031-120730- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EVEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE RESULT ON SATURDAY BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE ALONG WITH CONTINUED SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-120730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 329 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY. LOCAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
14 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 120611 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO VALLEYS...AND NEAR THE CASCADES ESPECIALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WAZ042-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY DURING THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. IN THE MOUNTAINS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CREST. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 15 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE ON SATURDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH TO SOUTH VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVES IN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ041-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE AND ABOVE 1500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 1500 FEET. FRIDAY NIGHT A BAND OF MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF WENATCHEE WHERE THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY MORNING GIVING THE WENATCHEE AREA A GOOD CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ IDZ004-WAZ031-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WITH 10 TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL IN THE MOUNTAINS. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EVEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE RESULT ON SATURDAY BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE ALONG WITH CONTINUED SNOWFALL. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1011 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SATURDAY. LOCAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 121213 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND NEAR THE CASCADES ESPECIALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. IDZ004-122100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT. AREAS EXPOSED TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-122100- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET TONIGHT. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...AGAIN CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ042-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY DURING THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. EXPOSED AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 16 TO 24 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT ON SATURDAY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081212T1800Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN SOUTH OF I-90 AND BELOW 2000 FEET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ WAZ034-122100- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY TONIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ041-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081212T1800Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE AND ABOVE 1500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 1500 FEET. FRIDAY NIGHT A BAND OF MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF WENATCHEE WHERE THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY MORNING GIVING THE WENATCHEE AREA A GOOD CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-122100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 413 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. LOCAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 121804 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW OVER THE REGION TODAY ...FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE TONIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND NEAR THE CASCADES. TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WAZ042-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. EXPOSED AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 16 TO 24 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT ON SATURDAY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN FOR A SHORT TIME SOUTH OF I-90 AND BELOW 2000 FEET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT. AREAS EXPOSED TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET TONIGHT. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT... AGAIN CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-130215- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081212T1804Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BREAK THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY MORNING... WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ041-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE AND ABOVE 1500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT A BAND OF MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF WENATCHEE WHERE THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOOR GIVING THE WENATCHEE AREA A GOOD CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1004 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AND CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. LOCAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 121906 CCA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW OVER THE REGION TODAY ...FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE TONIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND NEAR THE CASCADES. TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WAZ042-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. EXPOSED AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 16 TO 24 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT ON SATURDAY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN FOR A SHORT TIME SOUTH OF I-90 AND BELOW 2000 FEET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT. AREAS EXPOSED TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET TONIGHT. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT... AGAIN CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ034-130215- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081212T1804Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BREAK THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY MORNING... WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ WAZ041-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE AND ABOVE 1500 FEET. RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT A BAND OF MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF WENATCHEE WHERE THE BEST SNOW ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR THE VALLEY FLOOR GIVING THE WENATCHEE AREA A GOOD CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS AN ARCTIC FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-130215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1105 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN OR SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON... AND CHANGE TO RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. LOCAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 122249 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SNOW OVER THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH A DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN AREA. WITH THE INITIAL STORM THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND NEAR THE CASCADES. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SET UP NORTH OF SPOKANE TONIGHT WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ON SATURDAY THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD AS WELL OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-130700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0010.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE PALOUSE AND POMEROY AREAS...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN CLARKSTON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ042-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING THROUGH TONIGHT. NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO DROP BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 16 TO 24 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT ON SATURDAY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW -20 FAHRENHEIT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN FOR A SHORT TIME SOUTH OF I-90 AND BELOW 2000 FEET. A SECOND AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD AS WELL SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH VALUES NEAR -20 FAHRENHEIT POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL INCREASING TO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH SNOW LEVELS RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT. AREAS EXPOSED TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE LIKELY LATE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN NEAR 4000 FEET THIS EVENING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ026-027-130700- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND EAST OF LEWISTON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$ WAZ041-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE. TONIGHT A CHANCE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WENATCHEE WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF WENATCHEE. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ034-130700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 249 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 130638 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SNOW OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THE BEST ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON...OVER THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND NEAR THE CASCADES. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOCAL BANDS OF HEAVIER AND DRIER SNOWFALL RESULTING IN A LARGE RANGE OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. GUSTY WINDS WITH THE ARCTIC FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL ALSO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY FOR AREAS EXPOSED TO A NORTHEAST WIND. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD AS WELL OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WAZ042-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. VALLEY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. ADDITIONALLY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLATEAU SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO DROP BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 16 TO 24 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. AFTER THE DECREASE IN ACTIVITY LATE THIS EVENING...HEAVY SNOW WILL RETURN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED CLOSE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. PORTIONS OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW -20 FAHRENHEIT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. AFTER THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL RETURN LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD AS WELL SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH VALUES NEAR -20 FAHRENHEIT POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECT SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON SATURDAY. AREAS EXPOSED TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY LATE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVEL WILL BEGIN NEAR 4000 FEET THIS EVENING. THEN COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE PALOUSE AND POMEROY AREAS...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED IN CLARKSTON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ041-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WENATCHEE OVERNIGHT WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW IS LIKELY NORTH OF WENATCHEE. AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ034-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND BECOME GUSTY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-131500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.081213T1200Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1038 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 131419 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. THE COLLISION OF THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL DEVELOP A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AS BITTERLY COLD AIR INVADES EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. BY THE AFTERNOON...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WAZ042-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS BY THE TIME SNOW COMES TO AN END LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE CASCADE CREST...STORM TOTALS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW DECREASES LATE IN THE DAY. BY MID MORNING...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW BY MID MORNING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. FOR THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND METALINE FALLS AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 12 TO 15 INCHES. FURTHER WEST...COLVILLE...REPUBLIC...DEER PARK...AND KETTLE FALLS CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES. FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY INCLUDING OMAK...OROVILLE AND BREWSTER... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. BY MID MORNING...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. VISIBILITIES MAY BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW -20 FAHRENHEIT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AS WELL AS IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW DECREASES THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND DAVENPORT AND WILBUR. BY LATE MORNING BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM POST FALLS...TO COEUR DALENE TO HAYDEN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND COLUMBIA BASIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS FOR WALLACE...KELLOGG...AVERY...AND ST. MARIES WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. NEARBY MOUNTAINS CAN EXPECT STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ041-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ034-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE MOSES LAKE AREA CAN EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-132230- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 619 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 131911 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY...AFFECTING MAINLY THE COLUMBIA BASIN ...THE PALOUSE...AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AS BITTERLY COLD AIR INVADES EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY AND TONIGHT. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. WAZ042-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS BY THE TIME SNOW COMES TO AN END LATE TONIGHT. FOR THE CASCADE CREST... STORM TOTALS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY. $$ WAZ044-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-043-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. FOR THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND METALINE FALLS AREAS... AND ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. FURTHER WEST...COLVILLE...REPUBLIC...DEER PARK...AND KETTLE FALLS CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR. FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY INCLUDING OMAK...OROVILLE AND BREWSTER... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO TODAY. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. VISIBILITIES MAY BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW -20 FAHRENHEIT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ IDZ002-WAZ035-036-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH LIKELY IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND DAVENPORT AND WILBUR. BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON ...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER THE RATHDRUM PRAIRIE. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM POST FALLS...TO COEUR DALENE TO HAYDEN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND COLUMBIA BASIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ004-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR THE VALLEYS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY WITH 9 INCHES REPORTED AT SILVER MOUNTAIN. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TODAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ041-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF WENATCHEE. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR NEAR CHELAN AND MANSON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE. $$ WAZ034-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE MOSES LAKE AREA CAN EXPECT AROUND 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FAHRENHEIT AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-140315- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1111 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 132241 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE...THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FOR LEWISTON AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. INCREASING STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SPOKANE- COEUR DALENE AREAS. IDZ002-WAZ036-140645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081214T0600Z-081216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-140645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081214T0600Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ038-043-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK... OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ035-042-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP... WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ034-041-132345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE AREA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE REGION. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. AS SUCH THE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAZ044-140645- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ004-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ026-027-140645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 241 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 140622 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE WASHINGTON/OREGON BORDER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE PALOUSE...THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FOR LEWISTON AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. INCREASING STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS. WAZ044-141200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN BANKS LAKE AND WATERVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ON ROUTE 17. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ004-141200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT... CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND THE POMEROY AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST PLAINS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ026-027-141530- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 1022 PM PST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET EAST OF LEWISTON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. WAZ034-035-038-043-044-142000- /O.EXB.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE...MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY. $$ IDZ004-142000- /O.EXA.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY IN THE SILVER VALLEY OF THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...IN MULLAN...WALLACE...AND KELLOGG. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN. $$ WAZ031-142000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ032-033-141800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY OVER THE PALOUSE AND AROUND POMEROY TODAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. LOCALLY GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 195...HIGHWAY 12 AND LOCAL COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM YESTERDAYS STORM RANGED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE AND AROUND POMEROY. EAST WINDS BETWEEN 15 MPH AND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-142000- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ026-027-142000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 448 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES MAY FALL ABOVE ELEVATIONS OF 3000 FEET OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WINCHESTER AND NEZPERCE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141743 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... ...BLOWING SNOW AFFECTING SOME TRAVEL ROUTES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN AND PALOUSE... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DECREASING SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...15 TO 25 MPH WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CONTRIBUTING TO DRIFTING ACROSS THE ROAD. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAYBE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORTS FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT STATE ROUTE 21 IS CLOSED FROM ODESSA TO WILBUR CITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OTHER REPORTS AS FAR NORTH AS REARDAN INDICATE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ031-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ035-150145- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WIND TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150145- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WEST OF SPOKANE PROPER ON THE WEST PLAINS NEAR REARDAN AND DAVENPORT EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WIND WITH BLOWING SNOW POTENTIALLY IMPACTING MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150145- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150145- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 943 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 141745 CCA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... ...BLOWING SNOW AFFECTING SOME TRAVEL ROUTES IN THE CENTRAL BASIN AND PALOUSE... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PALOUSE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. IDZ003-WAZ032-033-150000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1800Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLOWING SNOW. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO DECREASING SNOWFALL. HOWEVER...15 TO 25 MPH WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY CONTRIBUTING TO DRIFTING ACROSS THE ROAD. LOCAL VISIBILITIES MAYBE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORTS FROM THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT STATE ROUTE 21 IS CLOSED FROM ODESSA TO WILBUR CITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OTHER REPORTS AS FAR NORTH AS REARDAN INDICATE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON...POMEROY. $$ WAZ031-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ON THE WEST FACING SLOPES. MOTORISTS PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS TODAY SHOULD PLAN FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA. $$ WAZ035-150200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. GUSTY EAST AND NORTHEAST WIND TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150200- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WEST OF SPOKANE PROPER ON THE WEST PLAINS NEAR REARDAN AND DAVENPORT EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WIND WITH BLOWING SNOW POTENTIALLY IMPACTING MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES SUCH AS HIGHWAY 2. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150200- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150200- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$ IDZ026-027-150000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER 945 AM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC. $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 142239 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WAZ031-142345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THERE WILL BE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING BUT LITTLE OR NO FURTHER SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ WAZ035-150645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE CENTRAL BASIN. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ WAZ036-150645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER SPOKANE COUNTY INCLUDING SPOKANE. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$ IDZ003-026-027-WAZ032-033-142345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081215T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...KAMIAH... CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...POMEROY... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ037-150645- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY... TONIGHT...AND MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND FAR NORTHERN IDAHO INCLUDING THE COEUR DALENE...SANDPOINT...DEER PARK...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND BITTERLY COLD NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE... POST FALLS...HAYDEN...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS. $$ WAZ034-038-043-044-150645- /O.CON.KOTX.WC.W.0001.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 239 PM PST SUN DEC 14 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN THE OMAK...WATERVILLE...GRAND COULEE... MOSES LAKE AREAS. NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR ZERO TONIGHT TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH A BITING NORTH WIND. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC... INCHELIUM...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 11, 2:44 PM PST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 2:44 PM PST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
244 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD EASTERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTH IDAHO ON FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL CAUSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO DETERIORATE DRAMATICALLY THROUGH THE DAY AND CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE COMMON NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90 BY FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLING ALMOST EVERYWHERE
ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SATURDAY
NIGHT AS A FRIGID ARCTIC BLAST WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION. THE
INTRUSION OF THIS AIRMASS WILL BRING BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS AND
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY. BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...TONIGHT...WEAK RIDGING ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE STILL REVOLVES AROUND
PERSISTENT FOG AND STRATUS IN THE VALLEYS. MIN TEMPS WILL BE ON
PAR WITH LAST NIGHTS VALUES. /JONES
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR
DURING THIS TIME FRAME. TEMPERATURES WILL GO FROM BEING NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURE WISE TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW
COVER EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. NUMEROUS WINTER STORM
WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT.
FOLLOWED THE SREF SOLUTION DUE TO SMALL DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS
WITH THE TRACK OF A SFC LOW ACROSS THE AREA. OVERALL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN GFS/NAM/ECMWF/CANADIAN ARE VERY SMALL...BUT JUST A SMALL
CHANGE IN HOW FAR NORTH OR SOUTH IT TRACKS WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT
ON WHERE A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW SETS UP FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT CONFIDENCE
IS INCREASING OF THE PRECISE TRACK WITH AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF
SPOKANE LOOKING TO BE THE MOST LIKELY TARGETS. BUT FIRST BACKING UP TO
FRIDAY MORNING. A SFC LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN FROM 1025MB THIS
EVENING NEAR 47N/140W...TO A DEPTH OF NEAR 985MB AS THE SFC LOW
PASSES OVER THE NORTH WA CASCADES EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. AS THIS
CYCLONE PROGRESSES TOWARDS THE AREA IT WILL SEND A STRONG PACIFIC
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE FRONT LOOKS TO NEAR THE
CASCADES LATE MORNING AND THEN TRACK THROUGH EASTERN WA/N IDAHO
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT SOUTHERLY
UPSLOPE FLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL LEAD TO INCREASING PRECIP
CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WA.
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALSO AID IN WARMING
1000-850MB THICKNESSES WITH MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT OF THE
RAIN/SNOW LINE REACHING THE SPOKANE AREA...WITH GENERALLY ALL SNOW
EXPECTED NORTH OF SPOKANE HOWEVER A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN
SPOKANE WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...WITH VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH THE FRONT
PASSAGE SOUTH OF SPOKANE.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THE SFC LOW CROSSES THE CASCADES INTO THE
COLUMBIA BASIN. WITH THIS TRACK A TROWAL FEATURE SETS UP ACROSS
THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND HIGHLANDS...NE WA MTNS...AND N IDAHO
PANHANDLE. SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY STRONG LIFT IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH
ZONE IN THIS AREA WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN SNOW AMT:QPF RATIOS
INCREASING TO 20:1 BY SATURDAY MORNING.
THEN ON SATURDAY THE SFC LOW DROPS SOUTH ALLOWING A VERY COLD AND
STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE TO MOVE SOUTH AS WELL. VERY STRONG
LIFT WITH THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN QPF:SNOW AMT RATIOS IN ORDER OF
25:1 RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-2
INCHES PER HOUR AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH. BEHIND THE FRONT SNOW
SHOULD TAPER OFF TO A DEGREE WITH GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
TO 20-30 MPH AND 850MB TEMPS FALLING RESULTING IN FALLING
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY. FOR EXAMPLE...NAM SFC TEMPS OVER
SPOKANE SUGGEST TEMPS WILL START OFF IN THE 25-30F RANGE EARLY SAT
AM...BEFORE COOLING TO NEAR 15F BY SUNSET. THE WINDS WILL ALSO
LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. JW
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... DEEPENING ARCTIC AIR MASS BECOMES
FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA DURING THIS PERIOD. THE ARCTIC
BOUNDARY OR LEADING EDGE OF THE IMPRESSIVELY COLD AIR MASS SLIDES
SOUTH OF OUR CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WILL BE
BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT A WIND CHILL WARNING MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THE NORTHEAST WA VALLEYS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE AS WELL
AS AREAS JUST NORTH- NORTHEAST OF SPOKANE. STRONG/GUSTY NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL BE EFFECTIVELY CHANNELED DOWN THE PURCELL TRENCH FROM
BONNERS FERRY TO SANDPOINT TO THE CDA AREA. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS... BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE CONSISTENT
SHOWING ADDITIONAL SHORT-WAVE ENERGY DROPPING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF
THE EXPANSIVE NWRN CONUS UPPER LOW. IN RESPONSE...A SECONDARY
SURFACE LOW SPINS UP JUST WEST OF ASTORIA OREGON SATURDAY NIGHT
BEFORE DROPPING NEARLY DUE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. CONTINUED MOIST
ISENTROPIC ASCENT WILL FAVOR OUR SERN ZONES...AND IN PARTICULAR
THE BLUES...CAMAS PRAIRIE AND SOUTHER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ID
PANHANDLE. MID-LEVEL SWLY FLOW WILL TEND TO SHADOW THE L-C
VALLEY...BUT AS THE ARCTIC AIR MASS DEEPENS THAT WILL GREATLY
INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE L-C VALLEY.
OVERALL...THE BEST LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR LIFT SLIDES SOUTH OF THE
AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. SO ADDITIONAL ACCUMS WILL BE MAINLY
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. ANY
DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY WILL BE
NEGLIGIBLE. /JONES
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...VERY COLD PERIOD WITH ARCTIC AIR
ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SNOW COVER
WITH NOT TOO MUCH CLOUD COVER...ALL FAVORABLE FOR CONSIDERABLE
COOLING...FORECAST OVERNIGHT LOWS REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
NEGATIVE VALUES THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. AS FAR AS CHANGES TO
OVERNIGHT LOWS...MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS TO COOL TUESDAY
MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES MAKING IT THE COLDEST MORNING LOW OF THE
SEVEN DAY FORECAST. REASONING FOR THIS BASED ON RECENT LOCAL
STUDY NOTING COLDEST MORNING LOW FROM PAST ARCTIC OUTBREAKS WITH
SNOW COVER LAG COLDEST 850MB TEMPERATURES BY A DAY OR SO.
HYPOTHESIZED AS HAVING TO DO WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION HINTED AT
STOPPING WHEN MAXES OUT AND WITH THAT LESS SURFACE WIND WHICH
WOULD FAVOR MORE RAPID AND INTENSE RADIATION COOLING OVER SNOW-COVERED
LOCATIONS. HAVE OPTED TO SHOW A VERY SLOW WARMING TREND AFTER
AS 850MB TEMPS WARM SOME AS WELL AS CAP THE AMOUNT OF DIURNAL
VARIABILITY BETWEEN MAX AND MIN TEMPERATURES TO UNDER 30 DEGREES
ANTICIPATING SNOW COVER TO LINGER OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. /PELATTI
&&
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 26 36 28 28 5 9 / 10 60 100 90 40 20
COEUR DALENE 26 37 29 29 5 8 / 10 60 100 90 40 20
PULLMAN 29 40 28 30 15 15 / 10 50 100 90 70 30
LEWISTON 29 44 34 36 22 22 / 0 10 70 80 80 30
COLVILLE 23 31 26 26 7 8 / 10 100 100 80 20 20
SANDPOINT 26 34 23 23 3 6 / 10 70 100 80 20 20
KELLOGG 26 38 27 27 7 9 / 10 50 100 90 80 40
MOSES LAKE 24 38 30 30 14 16 / 0 80 50 80 40 20
WENATCHEE 28 35 29 29 17 17 / 0 70 50 60 50 30
OMAK 21 32 27 27 11 14 / 10 90 90 80 20 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
COEUR DALENE AREA.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY
FOR WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR
WATERVILLE PLATEAU.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 5:59 AM PST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 559 AM PST THU DEC 11 2008 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-121400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 559 AM PST THU DEC 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY DENSE MORNING FREEZING FOG TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWS OVER BOTH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE VALLEYS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW STORM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A POTENTIALLY WINDY PERIOD WHICH MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. BY SUNDAY...THE THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO AN INTRUSION OF ARCTIC AIR FROM THE NORTHEAST. THIS AIRMASS WILL FEATURE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ABOVE ZERO AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS BELOW ZERO. THE INITIAL SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW ZERO. THE BITTER COLD AIR WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-038-041-043-044-121400- COEUR DALENE AREA-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-SPOKANE AREA- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 559 AM PST THU DEC 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH AREAS OF MORNING DENSE FREEZING FOG. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IT IS INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL INITIALLY PRODUCE A MIX OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW...AND POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN COLUMBIA BASIN ON SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A CRIPPLING WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND IN THE SPOKANE-COEUR DALENE AREA AND OTHER COMMUNITIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE INITIAL PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WINDY PERIOD WHICH MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AFTER THE SNOW STORM...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL INFILTRATE THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS AIRMASS WILL FEATURE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THE INITIAL SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THE BITTER COLD AIR WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WAZ042-121400- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 559 AM PST THU DEC 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY THE THREAT WILL TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO AN INTRUSION OF ARCTIC AIR FROM THE NORTH. THIS AIRMASS WILL FEATURE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AND LOWS NEAR OR BELOW ZERO. THIS BITTER COLD AIR WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 5:04 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 7 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:29 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 71 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
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