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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Oct 3, 2009, 3:41 AM PDT for 7 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Oct 3, 2009, 5:00 PM PDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2009, 3:41 AM PDT (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2009, 5:00 PM PDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2009, 7:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Adams County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS76 KOTX 031041 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 341 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IDZ001-002-032300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.091004T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 341 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE AREAS CAN EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY. $$ WAZ034>036-032300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.091004T0300Z-091005T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 341 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING IN THE SPOKANE...RITZVILLE...DAVENPORT...OTHELLO...AND MOSES LAKE AREAS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE WIND GRADUALLY SUBSIDES SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS76 KOTX 032220 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 320 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY... .THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THIS EVENING AND PEAK BY SUNDAY MORNING. IDZ001-002-040630- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.091004T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 320 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR DALENE AREAS CAN EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY. $$ WAZ034>036-040630- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.091004T0300Z-091005T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 320 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING IN THE SPOKANE...RITZVILLE...DAVENPORT...OTHELLO...AND MOSES LAKE AREAS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE WIND GRADUALLY SUBSIDES SUNDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 040523 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1023 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRENGTHENING LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IDZ001-002-WAZ034>036-041500- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1023 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SUNDAY. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN THE SPOKANE AREA WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 040821 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 121 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRENGTHENING LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ041-044-041600- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 121 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS. AS OF 1 AM...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 53 MPH WERE REGISTERED AT WENATCHEE PANGBORN AIRPORT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND WENATCHEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ034>036-041600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 121 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...AND RITZVILLE AREAS. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN THE SPOKANE AREA WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 041321 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 621 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IDZ001-002-WAZ034>036-041-044-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 621 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... WENATCHEE...RITZVILLE...AND SPOKANE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 041542 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 842 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ035-042345- /O.NEW.KOTX.DU.Y.0001.091004T1542Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 842 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP BELOW 0NE MILE AT TIMES...WITH LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE. WADOT HAS CLOSED I-90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ034-036-041-044-042345- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA- SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 842 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...FROM SPOKANE TO WENATCHEE CAN CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 041827 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1127 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ034-050000- /O.EXA.KOTX.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY 1127 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP BELOW 0NE MILE AT TIMES...WITH LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE. WADOT HAS CLOSED I-90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$ WAZ035-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1127 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP BELOW 0NE MILE AT TIMES...WITH LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE. WADOT HAS CLOSED I-90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-041-044-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1127 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 041853 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1153 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ034-035-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1153 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO DROP BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES...WITH LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE. WADOT HAS CLOSED I-90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-041-044-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1153 AM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 041943 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1243 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ034-035-050000- /O.UPG.KOTX.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.DS.W.0001.091004T1943Z-091005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 1243 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST ACROSS WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL IMPACT THE TOWNS OF WARDEN...OTHELLO...AND THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF MOSES LAKE. WADOT HAS CLOSED INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-041-044-050000- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1243 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 5 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 042314 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 414 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 WAZ034-035-050200- /O.EXT.KOTX.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 414 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...DUST STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE DUST STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST ACROSS WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY... AND SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL IMPACT THE TOWNS OF WARDEN...OTHELLO...AND THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF MOSES LAKE. WADOT HAS CLOSED INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN RITZVILLE AND MOSES LAKE DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING DUST. IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 7 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-041-044-050200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 414 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE WINDIEST AREAS IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO CAREYWOOD TO COEUR DALENE...WHERE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BY 7 PM...MOST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF LESS THAN 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO RITZVILLE TO COEUR DALENE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. && THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
000 WWUS76 KOTX 050140 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 640 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 WAZ034-035-050245- /O.EXP.KOTX.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 640 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS HAVE STEADILY DECREASED OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS AND ARE GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH RANGE AS OF 630 PM. THIS HS ALLOWED FOR A DECREASE IN LOFTED DUST AND AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN SURFACE VISIBILITY. WITH THIS TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THE DUST STORM WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-041-044-050245- /O.EXP.KOTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-091005T0200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 640 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE WINDS HAVE STEADILY DECREASED OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS AND ARE GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH RANGE AS OF 630 PM PDT. WITH THIS DECREASING TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 3, 2:50 AM PDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 2:50 AM PDT, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
250 AM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH STRONGER WINDS INTO THE AREA
BY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...WITH
TEMPERATURES APPROACHING SEASONAL AVERAGES BY WEDNESDAY OR
THURSDAY.
&&
...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
SUNDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER
SOUTH WITH THE UPPER TROUGH DURING THE LAST 3 OR 4 RUNS. THE TREND
ON THE GFS BEGAN ON THE 18Z RUN ON FRIDAY...AND THE 00Z SATURDAY RUN
HAS CONTINUED TO TREND FURTHER SOUTH. EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY SUPPORTS A SOUTHERN SOLUTION AS WELL. THERE IS CLEAR
EVIDENCE OF THE TROUGH DIGGING INTO WESTERN OREGON. BY THIS
EVENING THE CENTER OF THE 500 MB LOW WILL IN SOUTHERN
OREGON/NORTHERN NEVADA. THERE IS CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE GFS...NAM...
AND ECMWF THAT THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL SET UP OVER OREGON AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN WASHINGTON. THE WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS
ADVERTISED BY EARLIER MODEL RUNS WILL BE WELL SOUTH OF THE SPOKANE
FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES HAVE CUT
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ALL AREAS BUT THE NORTHEAST
BLUES...THE POMEROY AREA...AND THE OTHELLO AND MOSES LAKE AREAS.
THE MAIN STORY FOR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
WINDY CONDITIONS. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A STRONG HIGH
IN ALBERTA AND A STRONG LOW IN SOUTHERN IDAHO WILL BRING GUSTY
NORTH WINDS TO MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ON THE NAM AND GFS TIGHTENS SIGNIFICANTLY BETWEEN 00Z AND
06Z. 850MB WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 40-50KTS BY 06Z...AND
THE MODELS SHOW MODEST LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION THROUGH THE NIGHT.
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ARE NOT TYPICALLY FAVORABLE FOR EFFICIENT
MOMENTUM TRANSFER TO THE SURFACE...BUT THE INCREASING PRESSURE
GRADIENT MAY OCCUR EARLY ENOUGH IN THE EVENING TO INHIBIT THE
FORMATION OF A LOW LEVEL INVERSION. STRONG NORTHEAST PRESSURE
GRADIENTS FAVOR GUSTS IN THE SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...AND COEUR
DALENE AREAS...AND THESE SPOTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
EXPERIENCE GUSTS OF 40-50MPH AS EARLY AS 03Z. LOW LEVEL COLD
ADVECTION WILL OVERSPREAD THE SPOKANE AREA INTO THE UPPER BASIN
AROUND 06Z. WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. /GKOCH
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER THE
GREAT BASIN WILL BEGIN TO STRETCH WITH THE CORE OF ITS ENERGY
EJECTING TO THE NORTHEAST AS AN ESTABLISHED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC NOSES INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA...AND
EVENTUALLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE PAC NW BY TUESDAY. STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW SUNDAY WITH THE PEAK
WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
GRADUALLY WEAKENING INTO THE EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
SLACKENS FROM 14MB TO 7MB. WITH THE MODELS INDICATING A MORE
SOUTHERLY STORM TRACK TODAY...EXPECT LINGERING SHOWERS STRADDLING
THE WA/OR BORDER SATURDAY NT TO QUICKLY DEPART THE CWA EARLY
SUNDAY AS THE UPPER-LOW EJECTS EAST AND DRY CONTINENTAL AIR FLOODS
IN FROM THE NORTH. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET AS
HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHEN IN FROM THE NORTH. MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN COOL...GENERALLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS CELSIUS THUS
AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL HOVER A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ONLY TOPPING
OUT IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
WEDNESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE FORM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC LEADING
LONGWAVE TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE US. WE WILL
BE SQUASHED BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS OR JUST WEST OF A STRONG NORTH
TO SOUTH ORIENTED JET STREAM. FOR THE MOST PART...OUR WEATHER
LOOKS TO BE MORE INFLUENCED BY THE RIDGE WHICH RESULTS IN
SEASONAL...TO ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. IF
THERE WAS ANY WEATHER TO SPEAK OF...IT WILL COME FROM IMPULSES
DROPPING SOUTH ALONG/EAST OF THE DIVIDE PERIODICALLY WHICH WILL
CREATE EASTERLY WINDS FIELDS AND SNEAK COOLER AIR INTO THE
PANHANDLE AT TIMES...OTHERWISE A DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BE
THE NORM ACROSS THE REGION. /SB
&&
.AVIATION...
SKIES WILL GRADUALLY SCATTER OUT AT ALL SITES THIS
EVENING...RESULTING IN SOME FOG AND STRATUS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NE
WA AND N ID. WITH WEAK UPSLOPE...THIS COULD RESULT IN VLIFR
CONDITIONS AT KGEG AND KCOE FOR A FEW HOURS SATURDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...THE UPPER LOW THAT DIVES SOUTHWARD WILL FOCUS UPSLOPE
SHOWERS ALONG THE CASCADES GENERALLY SOUTH OF KEAT BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG WINDS BUILDING IN FROM THE NE BEHIND THE
SYSTEM. GUSTS TO 4O TO 50 KTS LOOK TO BE IN ORDER SATURDAY EVENING
AT SEVERAL SITES. THE SITES THAT DO NOT GUST BY SATURDAY EVENING
MAY EXPERIENCE LLWS AFTER 04/04Z. /FRIES
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 55 43 59 34 58 31 / 30 20 10 0 0 0
COEUR DALENE 57 42 57 32 57 28 / 30 20 10 0 0 0
PULLMAN 58 41 58 33 57 26 / 40 30 20 10 0 0
LEWISTON 58 44 60 37 62 34 / 50 40 30 10 0 0
COLVILLE 59 42 61 31 64 29 / 20 10 0 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 53 41 55 31 58 23 / 30 10 0 0 0 0
KELLOGG 51 39 50 33 52 28 / 40 20 20 10 10 0
MOSES LAKE 62 45 63 36 63 33 / 40 40 10 10 0 0
WENATCHEE 61 41 63 39 66 38 / 30 50 20 0 0 0
OMAK 60 39 62 34 66 31 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WIND ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
COEUR DALENE AREA...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR
MOSES LAKE AREA...SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 5:32 PM PDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 532 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2009 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-040045- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR DALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 532 PM PDT FRI OCT 2 2009 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AND LINGER ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. IN THE VALLEYS AND COLUMBIA BASIN NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION THE STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:51 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 95 min |
| Oct 2, 6:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kootenai | 48 min |
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Sources
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