Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 31, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2009, 4:48 AM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 14, 2009, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 36 hr. 59 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 14, 2009, 4:48 AM PST (12:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2009, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2009, 4:02 AM PST
- In force
- 36 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, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 1:40 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nne Waterville, WA | ELEVATION 2640 FT. DOUGLAS 3. |
| Dec 15, 3:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.7 | 4 Nnw Wenatchee, WA | ELEVATION 900 FT. CHELAN 74. |
| Dec 15, 4:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | Spokane, WA | SPOKANE INTL. ELEVATION 2356 FT. STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 15, 4:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | NWS OFFICE. ELEVATION 2387 FT. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 15, 5:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.8 | Spokane, WA | NORTH SPOKANE. |
| Dec 15, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Sw Clayton, WA | |
| Dec 15, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Springdale, WA | |
| Dec 15, 6:27 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 Sw Entiat, WA | ELEVATION 800 FT. CHELAN 25. |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.8 | 1 Ssw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 1 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 6:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.6 | 5 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | Hunters, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | Brewster, WA | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.4 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 1 Wsw Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Se Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | N Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 1 Wsw Malaga, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 S Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Malaga, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.8 | 5 Ssw Peshastin, WA | COCORAHS 24-HR SNOWFALL TOTAL |
| Dec 15, 7:42 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 N Ardenvoir, WA | |
| Dec 15, 7:48 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | CHELAN 34 |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nne Loon Lake, WA | STEVENS 45. FREEZING DRIZZLE ON TOP OF SNOW. |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Chewelah, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Deer Park, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Gifford, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Inchelium, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Athol, ID | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Green Acres, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 4 Nnw Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 15, 8:43 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 E Wallace, ID | SHOSHONE 26. ELEV 3420 FT. |
| Dec 15, 9:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 7 W Quincy, WA | ON THE CRESCENT BAR COLUMBIA RIVER. |
| Dec 15, 9:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Chelan, WA | CHELAN COUNTY PUD |
| Dec 15, 9:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Carlton, WA | |
| Dec 15, 9:55 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 2 S Moses Lake, WA | |
| Dec 15, 9:55 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Twisp, WA | TWISP POLICE DEPT. |
| Dec 15, 10:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nne Moyie Springs, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID BY22 AT 2338 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:10 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 N Bonners Ferry, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT AND STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY...SPOTTER ID BY42 AT 2350 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:20 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 N Bonners Ferry, ID | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE EVENING LAST NIGHT THROUGH 900 AM AND STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY...SPOTTER ID BY35 AT 2300 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Coolin, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID B0203 AT 2500 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:35 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Sandpoint, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID BO49 AT 2100 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:45 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Se Coeur D'Alene, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID KO86 AT 2225 FT. |
| Dec 15, 11:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Wnw Kellogg, ID | 4 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BEGINNING LAST NIGHT THROUGH 1000 AM THIS MORNING...SPOTTER ID SH102 AT 2222 FT. |
| Dec 15, 12:10 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Sw Inchelium, WA | SNOWFALL BEGINNING AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY...SPOTTER ID FE9 AT 2350 FT. |
| Dec 15, 12:45 PM PST | SNOW 2 | 4 Nw St. Maries, ID | HAD 2 INCHES OF SNOW INTO THE NIGHT YESTERDAY THEN CHANGED OVER TO RAIN...CURRENTLY ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. SPOTTER ID BE5 AT 2167 FT. |
| Dec 15, 12:55 PM PST | SNOW 3 | St. Maries, ID | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID BE100 AT 2219 FT. |
| Dec 15, 4:58 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.3 | 3 W Chelan, WA | TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER A 22-HR PERIOD...AIR TEMP AT TIME OF REPORT WAS 25 DEGREES. |
| Dec 15, 6:20 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 5 E Palisades, WA | 3.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...CURRENTLY HAS MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. SPOTTER ID GR17 AT 2300 FT. |
| Dec 15, 6:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Wnw Wenatchee, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 7 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY NIGHT...SNOWING AT TIME OF CALL. SPOTTER ID CH13 AT 890 FT. |
| Dec 15, 6:35 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BEGINNING AT 1430 PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 10.0 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY NIGHT. SPOTTER ID CH34 AT 1200 FT. |
| Dec 15, 6:35 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 2 Ssw Leavenworth, WA | AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL BEGINNING AT 1430 PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR A SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 10.0 INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY NIGHT. SPOTTER ID CH34 AT 1200 FT. |
| Dec 15, 7:00 PM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 S Moses Lake, WA | STORM TOTAL OF 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW. FREEZING RAIN FALLING AT 7 PM. SPOTTER GRANT-18. ELEVATION 1150 FEET. |
| Dec 15, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 1 Nw Waterville, WA | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BEGINNING LAST NIGHT...SPOTTER ID DO4 AT 2800 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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 141248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .A TWO PART STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CHANGING SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY EVENING. WAZ041-044-142300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0013.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO ON TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-142300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0013.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-142300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0013.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ034>036-142300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0013.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091215T1800Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-004-WAZ037-142300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0013.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0300Z-091216T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-142300- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091215T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 142238 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A TWO PART STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CHANGING SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IDZ002-WAZ036-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091215T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY NEAR 7 INCHES * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. && $$ WAZ034-035-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091215T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...SNOW TURNING TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0300Z-091216T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0600Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0300Z-091216T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0600Z-091216T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-150700- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 11 TO 21 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-150700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO ON TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-150700- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-150700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 150213 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .HAVE UPDATED TO SHOW A SLIGHT DELAY IN ONSET OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A TWO PART STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CHANGING SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WAZ038-043-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...SNOW TURNING TO AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO ON TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY NEAR 7 INCHES * TIMING: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. && $$ IDZ004-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T1000Z-091216T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.091215T0900Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: ROUND ONE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-151015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 11 TO 21 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-151015- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 613 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 151018 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL COME TO AN END IN THE WENATCHEE...OMAK...AND WATERVILLE AREAS BY 4 AM. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN THE SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND SANDPOINT AREAS BY MID MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. WAZ042-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-043-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A FOOT. * TIMING: THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN... BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 AM TO 6 AM WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TIMING: 4 PM PST MONDAY THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ041-044-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE WENATCHEE AREA AND OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN IDAHO. * TIMING: THE MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. && $$ IDZ004-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: ROUND ONE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: ROUND ONE THIS MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-151830- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 218 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 151339 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE WENATCHEE... OMAK...AND WATERVILLE AREAS. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN THE SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND SANDPOINT AREAS BY MID MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. WAZ038-041-043-152145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T2100Z-091216T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE WENATCHEE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. FOR THE OMAK AND REPUBLIC AREAS EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL ON MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ044-152145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T1800Z-091216T1200Z/ WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WATERVILLE AND MANSFIELD AREAS. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR AS WELL TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY TURN TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL FALL ON ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-152145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.091215T1800Z-091216T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA AREAS. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND WILBUR AND GRAND COULEE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW MAY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE MOSES LAKE AND EPHRATA AREAS OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY. * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL FALL ON ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY TODAY...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING IN THE COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...AND RATHDRUM AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE IDAHO SIDE OF THE STATE LINE. * TIMING: A BREAK IN ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE ABOVE 2000 FEET BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON LIMITING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS IN SPOKANE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. && $$ IDZ004-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO 3000 FEET TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM IN THE SANDPOINT AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: ROUND ONE ENDING THIS MORNING. A BREAK TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH 4 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-152145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 539 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 4000 FEET BY LATE DAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD. * WINDS: 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW. BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 152105 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .THE NEXT ROUND OF THE PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND LOCAL FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. IDZ004-152215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A WARM...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS HAVE RISEN TO NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THERE WILL STILL BE LOCAL AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS RAIN. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ003-WAZ031-033-152215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS MOVING INTO THE PALOUSE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN WELL ABOVE FREEZING AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE AS ALL RAIN. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-160600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH SPOKANE...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...AND RATHDRUM AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE EITHER BEEN REPORTED OR ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION EXPECT AREAS OF RAIN AND LOCAL FREEZING DRIZZLE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION HAS REDEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY RISE TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET BY LATE IN THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. && $$ WAZ042-160600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING: THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-160600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION EXPECT LOCAL AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-041-043-160600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WENATCHEE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. FOR THE OMAK AND REPUBLIC AREAS EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW THAT FELL ON MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...CREATING A HAZARDOUS EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-044-160600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 105 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WATERVILLE AND MANSFIELD AREAS. A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR AS WELL TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL FALL ON ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 160528 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 928 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL SLOWLY WIND DOWN OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT... .ONE MORE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE MOSES LAKE AREA...WESTERN UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. HOWEVER...GENERALLY EAST OF MOSES LAKE AND SOUTH OF DEER PARK AND COEUR DALENE...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO RAIN...ENDING THE WINTER STORM THREAT IN THESE AREAS. IDZ002-WAZ036-042-160630- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T0600Z/ COEUR DALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR DALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY... BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS 928 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE EAST SLOPES...WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS. ACROSS THE SPOKANE AND COEUR DALENE AREAS...WARMER AIR HAS CHANGED SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TO PLAIN RAIN. THIS HAS ENDED THE WINTER STORM THREAT FOR THE AREA. $$ WAZ038-041-043-044-160630- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT... CASHMERE...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD... BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 928 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...HOWEVER THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. AS SUCH...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-161200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 928 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION EXPECT LOCAL AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING: THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-161200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 928 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW. A GLAZING OF ICE IS POSSIBLE FROM NEAR GRAND COULEE DAM THROUGH COULEE CITY...EPHRATA...AND MOSES LAKE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 161202 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 402 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW COMING TO AN END... IDZ001-162000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.091216T1202Z-091216T2000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 402 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND NOON WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING: FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF NORTH IDAHO BY NOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER. * IMPACTS: EXPECT A GLAZING OF ICE ON STREETS...SIDEWALKS...AND CARS. SIDEWALKS...PORCHES...STEPS...AND DRIVEWAYS WILL GLAZE OVER QUICKLY...SO WALKERS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-161315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0031.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 402 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE COLVILLE...KETTLE FALLS...AND CHEWELAH AREAS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH TODAY. $$ WAZ034-035-161315- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-091216T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...GRAND COULEE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 402 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW HAS ENDED. THERE MAY BE A FEW POCKETS OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL NOT LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL. $$
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 14, 2:47 AM PST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:47 AM PST, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
247 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A PAIR OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO MUCH OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL
ARRIVE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE SECOND SYSTEM
WILL FOLLOW QUICKLY ON ITS HEALS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW OF THE SEASON SO FAR IS LIKELY
IN THE WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE...AND SPOKANE AREAS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY...WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING AN ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVE
DOWN THE SPINE OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW
SHOWERS HAVE RESULTED FROM THE COMBINATION OF COOLING ALOFT AND
UPSLOPE INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. 500MB
TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS -34C AT 500MB HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A
CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE PROFILE IN THE 800-500MB LAYER. SOME OF THE
SNOW BANDS ON RADAR WERE RATHER IMPRESSIVE BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z
WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST REFLECTIVITY NEAR ST MARIES. A TRAINED
WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW AT 115AM...WHICH IS
PROBABLY ON THE HIGH END OF ACCUMULATIONS. TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN THE
SILVER VALLEY AND AROUND CLARKIA AND DEARY SUGGEST 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF ACCUMULATION. THE HEAVY SNOW BANDS SHOULD DWINDLE BY SUNRISE.
AS THE UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATES EAST...500MB TEMPERATURES WILL
MODERATE AND THE WESTERLY UPSLOPE IN THE 850-700MB LAYER WILL
WEAKEN. I WOULD EXPECT AN INCH OR LESS BETWEEN 12-18Z IN THE
CENTRAL PANHANDLE AND CAMAS PRAIRIE.
BY THIS AFTERNOON...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS FORECAST SOME LIGHT SNOW
ALONG A MID LEVEL WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
THROUGH THE PALOUSE. I THINK THAT THE PRECIPITATION GENERATED FROM
THE GFS IS TOO GENEROUS. I FAVOR THE LIGHTER AMOUNTS ON THE NAM
SINCE IT APPEARS TO HAVE INITIALIZED THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON BETTER COMPARED TO SATELLITE. /GKOCH
...SNOW TO IMPACT THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. NUMEROUS WINTER HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN POSTED...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL
UNDERGO A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION WHICH INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST AND MOIST STREAM OF
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE PAC NW. SEVERAL WAVES PIVOTING
AROUND THE PARENT LOW OFF THE COAST WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST
AND CONTINUE TO LIFT THE RICH MOISTURE OVER THE REGION KEEPING THE
WEATHER RATHER UNSETTLED...BUT INCREASINGLY WARMER OVER TIME.
WINTER HIGHLIGHTS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO ADDRESS SNOWFALL
IMPACTS REGARDING THE FIRST OF TWO WAVES WHICH WILL IMPACT THE
REGION (ACTUAL REMAIN ALONG OR JUST OFF THE COASTLINE) BUT LIFT A
SIGNIFICANT AMT OF MOISTURE OVER THE STAGNANT MODIFIED ARCTIC
AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. OVERTIME...THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO
SCOUR OUT ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO RAIN
BUT NOT BEFORE LIGHT TO MODERATE...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FALL. CROSS- SECTION ANALYSIS SUGGEST A RAPID
SATURATION OF THE AIRMASS AS DEEP LAYER ISENTROPIC OMEGA OVERTAKES
THE REGION LEADING TO SNOW QUICKLY DEVELOPING BTWN 00-06Z. THERE
IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL WITH THE GFS AMONGST THE WETTEST SOLUTIONS AND SREF/EC THE
DRIEST. WITH THE EC/SREF HAVING A HISTORY OF BETTER
VERIFICATION...HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH
WHICH TRENDS TOWARD THE SREF/EC BUT TO A LESSER EXTREME. THIS HAS
RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD VALLEY SNOWFALL RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
WITH HEAVIER AMTS CENTERED OVER THE EAST SLOPES...WATERVILLE
PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY WHERE EASTERLY GRADIENTS WILL ADD
TO THE ALREADY DEEP ISENTROPIC OMEGA. THE RESULT WAS A TIMEHEIGHT
PLOT OVER KEAT WHICH INDICATED 12 STRONG HOURS...ROUGHLY FROM
00-12Z WHICH DEEP OMEGA THROUGH THE DENDRITIC LAYER...YIELDING THE
HIGHEST SNOW-TO-LIQUID RATIOS...AND SNOWFALL AMTS RANGING FROM 4
TO 7 INCHES WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMTS NEAR THE CREST...THUS A
WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EAST SLOPES
WHERE OUT LOCAL CRITERIA IS HIGHER.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONES...THE INITIAL WAVE OF MOISTURE WILL
LEAD TO WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMTS IN THE
MOUNTAINS. MODEL QPF AMTS HAVE BACKED OFF SLIGHTLY ONLY SUGGESTING
A QUARTER TO THIRD OF AN INCH WITH THIS INITIAL WAVE AND WITH SNOW
LEVELS RISING AND SNOW RATIOS DECREASING...I FELT AN ADVISORY FIT
THE PROFILE OVER A WARNING.
THE SECOND WAVE OF MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW NEARLY 6 TO 8
HOURS AFTER THE FIRST WAVE BRINGING A MUCH WARMER AIRMASS AND
RICHER MOISTURE PLUME WHICH WILL BRING HIGHER LIQUID AMTS ACROSS
THE REGION THAN THE FIRST WAVE BUT ALSO HIGHER SNOW LEVELS.
HOWEVER...BY THIS TIME (IE TUESDAY NT)...THE WARMER AIR WILL HAVE
WORKED ITS WAY UP MUCH OF THE EASTERN ZONES AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK ON THE COOLER AIR DAMMED OVER THE WEST. I THINK WE SEE P-TYPE
REMAIN SNOW FOR THE WENATCHEE AND OMAK VALLEYS UNTIL LATE TUESDAY
WITH OMAK POSSIBLY NEVER CHANGING OVER. THIS SECOND WAVE WILL
BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MTNS OF NE WASHINGTON AND
IDAHO PANHANDLE AND POSSIBLE ANOTHER ROUND OF ADVISORY AMTS FOR
THE VALLEYS PENDING WHEN THE SNOW TO RAIN TRANSITION OCCURS.
OVERALL...THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ON MONDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM EAST TO
WEST AS WARMER AIR FLOODS INTO THE REGION. SNOWFALL TOTALS POSTED
ON THE WEATHER STORY CONTAIN AMTS DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT WAVES
WHICH WILL IMPACT THE REGION OVER A 30 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL ALONG
ALL MTN PASSES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS AT TIMES BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATTER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS SNOW
LEVELS INCR TO AT LEAST PASS LEVELS RESULTING IN RAIN OR WET NON-
ACCUMULATING SNOWS. /SB
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION WILL
LINGER WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY AS MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
PERSISTS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE
LIMITED TO THE HIGH ELEVATIONS AS SNOW LEVELS RISE WELL ABOVE THE
VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE 00Z ECMWF...00Z GEM...AND GFS
ENSEMBLE FAVORED A RIDGE THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE
OPERATIONAL RUN OF THE GFS WAS AN OUTLIER KEEPING THE RIDGE
FLATTER. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WERE TRENDED DOWNWARD THURSDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND. IT LOOKS LIKE A FAVORABLE STRATUS SETUP FOR THE
EAST SLOPES...UPPER BASIN...AND NORTHERN VALLEYS WITH WEAK LOW
LEVEL FLOW AND ABUNDANT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE. A LIGHT LOW LEVEL
SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW OFTEN LOCKS PLACES LIKE
OMAK...WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU IN THICK
LOW CLOUDS. /GKOCH
&&
.AVIATION...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING BRINGING -SN TO THE EASTERN TAF SITES. VSBYS/CIGS
SHOULD BE MAINLY MVFR/VFR GIVEN LIGHT INTENSITY OF EXPECTED -SN.
FOR KEAT/KMWH DRY CONDITIONS WITH VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BUT A
MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS COULD LEAD TO LOCAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. A
STRONGER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD WIDESPREAD -SN ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING
AT KEAT/KMWH NEAR 23Z-00Z AND THEN SPREADING EAST. JW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 24 23 31 30 35 31 / 10 100 100 90 60 60
COEUR DALENE 25 23 31 29 35 31 / 20 90 100 90 70 70
PULLMAN 29 27 35 33 38 34 / 50 70 90 80 50 50
LEWISTON 32 32 41 39 45 36 / 40 50 80 60 30 30
COLVILLE 25 19 29 28 36 33 / 10 100 100 100 80 70
SANDPOINT 24 17 28 27 32 30 / 20 100 100 100 80 80
KELLOGG 24 22 32 30 37 31 / 90 80 100 100 70 80
MOSES LAKE 28 22 29 28 36 28 / 10 90 60 80 40 30
WENATCHEE 26 20 26 26 32 30 / 10 100 70 80 40 30
OMAK 24 15 25 24 36 30 / 10 100 60 90 60 40
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
TUESDAY FOR COEUR DALENE AREA...IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN
PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY FOR MOSES LAKE AREA...OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS...OKANOGAN
VALLEY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST
TUESDAY FOR SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...
WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY FOR WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST
TUESDAY FOR EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 6:30 AM PST, 22 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 630 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-141500- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 630 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF WARMER AIR ON WEDNESDAY WILL CHANGE THE SNOW TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. IDZ003-026-027-WAZ031>033-141500- IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 630 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY MID TO LATE MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS OVER TO ALL RAIN TUESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. IDZ002-WAZ034>036-141500- COEUR DALENE AREA-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- SPOKANE AREA- 630 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT LOW ELEVATION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF WARMER AIR ON TUESDAY WILL CHANGE SNOW TO RAIN. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN ALONG THE HWY 2 CORRIDOR. WAZ041>044-141500- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 630 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT LOW ELEVATION SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE OKANOGAN VALLEY...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. THE ARRIVAL OF WARMER AIR ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CHANGE SNOW TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. FOR THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY SNOW APPEAR LIKELY THIS WEEK. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY BY WEDNESDAY...AND SHOULD LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE PASSES. UNTIL THE SNOW LEVELS RISE ON WEDNESDAY...TRAVEL THROUGH THE PASSES MAY BE DANGEROUS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 14, 1:20 AM PST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
120 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 S ST. MARIES 47.27N 116.58W
12/14/2009 M4.5 INCH BENEWAH ID TRAINED SPOTTER
4.5 INCHES IN 4 HOURS.
&&
RBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:48 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 47 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.