Alert archive / Idaho / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this blizzard warning at Dec 28, 2010, 3:09 PM PST for Benewah County, Latah County, Idaho; Spokane County, Whitman County, Washington. It took effect at Dec 28, 2010, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr. 24 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 28, 2010, 3:09 PM PST (23:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2010, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2010, 6:53 PM PST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Latah County, ID, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 29, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-3 |
| Dec 29, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 N Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-1 |
| Dec 29, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Ne Viola, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-5 |
| Dec 29, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 1 N Airway Heights, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-21 |
| Dec 29, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.6 | 6 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-16 |
| Dec 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.8 | 4 N Airway Heights, WA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 6.6 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | WFO SPOKANE |
| Dec 29, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-14 |
| Dec 29, 10:00 AM PST | SNOW 6.9 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | WFO SPOKANE |
| Dec 29, 10:00 AM PST | SNOW 7.5 | 6 N Airway Heights, WA | RAIN TRANSITIONED TO SNOW AT 10PM 12/28. 12 HOUR SNOWFALL 7.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM PST | SNOW 0 | Pullman, WA | US 195 CLOSED FROM PULLMAN TO ID BORDER DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. MILEPOST 1-22. |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM PST | SNOW 0 | Steptoe, WA | SR 23 CLOSED FROM STEPTOE TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY LINE. MILEPOST 1-40. |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM PST | SNOW 5 | Wsw Deary, ID | |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM PST | SNOW 8 | 5 E Troy, ID | WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. |
| Dec 29, 12:24 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 4 N Kendrick, ID | WET AND HEAVY SNOW ON BIG BEAR RIDGE HAS CAUSED TREES TO FALL ON POWER LINES BRINGING POWER LINES DOWN AND AFFECTING 300 HOMES. |
| Dec 29, 1:30 PM PST | SNOW 7 | 5 E Troy, ID | WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH. |
| Dec 29, 2:30 PM PST | SNOW 8 | 2 N Spokane, WA | |
| Dec 29, 4:00 PM PST | SNOW 7.2 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | WFO SPOKANE |
| Dec 29, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 6 | Moscow, ID | |
| Dec 29, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 7.1 | 4 N Airway Heights, WA | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 29, 5:50 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 5 W St. Maries, ID | |
| Dec 29, 6:00 PM PST | BLIZZARD | Pullman, WA | US 195 REMAINS CLOSED FROM PULLMAN TO ID BORDER DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. MILEPOST 1-22. |
| Dec 29, 6:00 PM PST | BLIZZARD | Steptoe, WA | SR 23 REMAINS CLOSED FROM STEPTOE TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY LINE. MILEPOST 1-40. |
| Dec 29, 6:30 PM PST | SNOW 8.2 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | WFO SPOKANE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
050 WWUS46 KOTX 282309 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM TAKING AIM ON THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.. .WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD AIR SURGING INTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...PERHAPS IN THE FORM OF RAIN OR WET SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS COLD AIR IS INGESTED INTO THIS DEVELOPING STORM. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MOST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN WIND PRONE AREAS. IDZ003-WAZ033-290715- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN IDAHO. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FRESH SNOW WILL BEGIN BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CAUSING DEEP DRIFTS AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ON THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-290715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY... COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-290715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY. MOUNTAINS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY... AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HEAVY SNOW PERSISTS. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY BECOME DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-290715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WET AND HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BECOME DRIER AND FLUFFIER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS DRIER SNOW WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BLOW AND DRIFT ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-290715- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T1200Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. ..HE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-290715- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR SNOW...AND/OR BLOWING SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-044-290715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0300Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...RAIN WILL LIKELY TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ038-290715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 309 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
9 follow-up statements
322 WWUS46 KOTX 282319 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM TAKING AIM ON THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.. .WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD AIR SURGING INTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...PERHAPS IN THE FORM OF RAIN OR WET SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS COLD AIR IS INGESTED INTO THIS DEVELOPING STORM. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MOST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN WIND PRONE AREAS. IDZ003-WAZ033-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN IDAHO. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FRESH SNOW WILL BEGIN BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CAUSING DEEP DRIFTS AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ON THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY... COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY. MOUNTAINS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY... AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HEAVY SNOW PERSISTS. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY BECOME DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WET AND HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BECOME DRIER AND FLUFFIER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS DRIER SNOW WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BLOW AND DRIFT ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T1200Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0300Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...RAIN WILL LIKELY TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-290730- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 319 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
879 WWUS46 KOTX 290330 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM TAKING AIM ON THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.. .WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD AIR SURGING INTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECIPITATION HAS ONSET THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND WET SNOW. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS COLD AIR IS INGESTED INTO THIS DEVELOPING STORM. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MOST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN WIND PRONE AREAS. IDZ003-WAZ033-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN IDAHO. * TIMING: NOW IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND VERY WET SNOW. HOWEVER... PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 25 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FRESH SNOW WILL BEGIN BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CAUSING DEEP DRIFTS AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ON THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: NOW IN THE FORM OF RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY... COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.101229T0600Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY. MOUNTAINS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES. * TIMING: NOW IN THE FORM OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN...IT WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY... AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HEAVY SNOW PERSISTS. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY BECOME DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WET AND HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BECOME DRIER AND FLUFFIER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS DRIER SNOW WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BLOW AND DRIFT ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T1200Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: NOW INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: NOW IN THE FORM OF RAIN...HOWEVER... THE RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-291130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T0600Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 730 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: NOW AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
842 WWUS46 KOTX 290627 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM TAKING AIM ON THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.. .WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COLLIDE WITH COLD AIR SURGING INTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MOST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN WIND PRONE AREAS. IDZ003-WAZ033-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN IDAHO. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT...AND SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FRESH SNOW WILL BEGIN BLOWING AND DRIFTING...CAUSING DEEP DRIFTS AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ON THE WASHINGTON AND IDAHO PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY. MOUNTAINS IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING DURING THE HEART OF THIS SNOW STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY...AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HEAVY SNOW PERSISTS. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY BECOME DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ031-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 12 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH...DECREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WET AND HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BECOME DRIER AND FLUFFIER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS DRIER SNOW WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BLOW AND DRIFT ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T1200Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-291430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 1027 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
075 WWUS46 KOTX 290939 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO.. .SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALOUSE BY MID MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WAZ031-291745- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET. 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 4000 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING...AND FALL BELOW 3000 FEET BY 8 AM. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING WITH RIDGE TOP GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS DECREASING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. SNOW FROM THIS STORM WILL BE WET AND HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN BECOME DRIER AND FLUFFIER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS DRIER SNOW WILL BE MORE PRONE TO BLOW AND DRIFT ON WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES IN IDAHO AND FAR NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT...AND SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY 8 AM...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE...BY MID MORNING OVER RURAL...WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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: 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...NEWPORT...AND DEER PARK AREAS. 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE RITZVILLE...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...AND COLVILLE AREAS. * ELEVATIONS: ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE GREATEST STORM TOTALS SINCE PRECIPITATION IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS ALONG THE SPOKANE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS REMAINED RAIN LONGER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY... COMBINED WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...MULLAN...AND ST MARIES AREAS. SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 20 INCHES OF SNOW BY TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING DURING THE HEART OF THIS SNOW STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING WILL CAUSE A BAD MORNING COMMUTE...AND DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE THROUGH THROUGH THE DAY AS HEAVY SNOW PERSISTS. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-291745- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.101229T1200Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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 VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-291745- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 139 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
796 WWUS46 KOTX 291345 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO.. .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MID AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPRAGUE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALOUSE BY MID MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. IDZ003-WAZ033-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES IN IDAHO AND FAR NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING...AND BLOW HARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: BY MID MORNING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE...BY MID MORNING OVER RURAL...WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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: 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...NEWPORT...SPRAGUE...AND DEER PARK AREAS. 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE RITZVILLE...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...AND COLVILLE AREAS. * ELEVATIONS: ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE GREATEST STORM TOTALS SINCE PRECIPITATION IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS ALONG THE SPOKANE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS REMAINED RAIN LONGER LAST NIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 1 PM. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES THIS MORNING WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. BY THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE 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 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...MULLAN... AND ST MARIES AREAS. SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 20 INCHES OF SNOW BY TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM...WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR LIKELY DURING THE HEART OF THIS SNOW STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: IN THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM AREAS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY...EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH OR WEST BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES THIS MORNING WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. 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. && $$ WAZ031-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET. 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 4000 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING...AND FALL BELOW 3000 FEET BY 8 AM. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING WITH RIDGE TOP GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS DECREASING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. INCREASING WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: BECOMING WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY...DECREASING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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 VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-292145- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 545 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW BECOMING MORE SHOWERY IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
854 WWUS46 KOTX 291810 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO.. .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MID AFTERNOON OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPRAGUE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALOUSE BY MID MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WAZ034-044-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ IDZ027-300215- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES DOWN TO 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS LATE TODAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY...DECREASING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-300215- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. TOWNS SUCH AS POMEROY AND GIFFORD WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE LEWISTON. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...WITH SNOW BECOMING MORE SHOWERY IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GIFFORD...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR POMEROY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-004-300215- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...MULLAN... AND ST MARIES AREAS. SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 20 INCHES OF SNOW BY TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH 3 PM... WITH SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR LIKELY DURING THE HEART OF THIS SNOW STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: IN THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM AREAS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE SILVER VALLEY...EAST OR NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH OR WEST BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES THIS MORNING WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE TODAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES IN IDAHO AND FAR NORTHERN WHITMAN COUNTY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MIDDAY...AND BLOW HARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...OR IMPOSSIBLE...BY MID MORNING OVER RURAL...WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ035>037-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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: 7 TO 12 INCHES IN THE SPOKANE...COEUR D'ALENE...NEWPORT...SPRAGUE...AND DEER PARK AREAS. 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE RITZVILLE...WILBUR...GRAND COULEE...AND COLVILLE AREAS. * ELEVATIONS: ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WILL RECEIVE THE GREATEST STORM TOTALS SINCE PRECIPITATION IN THE LOW ELEVATIONS ALONG THE SPOKANE AND COLUMBIA RIVERS REMAINED RAIN LONGER LAST NIGHT. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THOUGH MIDDAY. SNOW RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE WORST OF THE STORM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. BY THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL HEIGHTEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OVER THE WEST PLAINS AND UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. 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. && $$ WAZ031-300215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET. 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 4000 FEET. * ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW 3000 FEET MIDDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS DECREASING TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. INCREASING WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ WAZ038-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1010 AM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: NORTH AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
414 WWUS46 KOTX 300000 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPRAGUE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALOUSE. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TONIGHT. WAZ035-300100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THIS EVENING. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. LOCALIZED WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING PRODUCING POCKETS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. $$ WAZ038-300100- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-101230T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THIS EVENING. THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS ENDED. LOCALIZED WINDS GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY EVENING PRODUCING POCKETS OF BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-300300- /O.EXT.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE SLOWLY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. HIGHWAYS 195...95 AND 23 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-037-300300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0300Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...THOUGH AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. * ELEVATIONS: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT LINGERING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-300800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...MULLAN... AND ST MARIES AREAS. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ IDZ001-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALIZED FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS TOWNS SUCH AS CLARK FORK. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: IN THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM AREAS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET. TOWNS SUCH AS POMEROY WILL SEE SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES WITH LOCATIONS SUCH AS TROY...LENORE AND PECK RECEIVING 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY LATE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE LIKELY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-300800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES DOWN TO 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 400 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. INCREASING WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
842 WWUS46 KOTX 300035 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPRAGUE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE PALOUSE. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IDZ003-WAZ033-300600- /O.EXT.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE SLOWLY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE PALOUSE. HIGHWAYS 195...95 AND 23 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-037-300600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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: 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...THOUGH AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. * ELEVATIONS: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT LINGERING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IDZ001-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALIZED FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS TOWNS SUCH AS CLARK FORK. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... THEN DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: IN THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM AREAS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-300845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...MULLAN... AND ST MARIES AREAS. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET. TOWNS SUCH AS POMEROY WILL SEE SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR TROY...LENORE AND PECK RECEIVING 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: THE SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY LATE. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE LIKELY AROUND POMEROY AND ALPOWA SUMMIT ALONG HIGHWAY 12. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-300845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES DOWN TO 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 435 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. INCREASING WINDS TODAY WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
256 WWUS46 KOTX 300253 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BIG SNOW STORM LASHING EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO... .HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND OVER PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF WASHINGTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM SPRAGUE TO SPOKANE TO KELLOGG TO LOOKOUT PASS. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TONIGHT. IDZ003-WAZ033-300400- /O.CAN.KOTX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW AND WIND HAS SUBSIDED ON THE PALOUSE AND THUS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH. $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-300400- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS DECREASED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LEWISTON AREA AND LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT ABOVE 1500 FEET HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...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: STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO FEET WILL ALSO BE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND LOCALIZED FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS TOWNS SUCH AS CLARK FORK. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... THEN DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD * WINDS: IN THE BONNERS FERRY...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM AREAS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR FROM SANDPOINT TO RATHDRUM. 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-037-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...THOUGH AMOUNTS AROUND A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. * ELEVATIONS: ALL ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT LINGERING ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE FOR THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM DEER PARK TO CHEWELAH AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-301100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE KELLOGG...AND MULLAN AREAS. ST. MARIES AREA TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE COULD RECEIVE TWO TO THREE FEET OF SNOW. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR ROAD CREWS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL BE DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ IDZ027-301100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET. 2 TO 4 INCHES DOWN TO 2000 FEET. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-300600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-101230T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 653 PM PST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE 3500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES BELOW. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: WEST 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS ON MOUNTAIN ROADS. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 28, 2:39 PM PST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:39 PM PST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
239 PM PST TUE DEC 28 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF
FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY ON THE PALOUSE. FROM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONWARD...NO MAJOR SNOW STORMS ARE EXPECTED BUT MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND REMAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
...INTENSE WINTER STORM BEARING HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SATELLITE INDICATES A MASSIVE BAROCLINIC
LEAF STRUCTURE DRIVING INTO THE OREGON COAST THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST
MODEL GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE HANDLING THIS EVOLUTION WELL...ALL
DEPICTING THE INCIPIENT SURFACE LOW BEGINNING TO DEEPEN AND TAKE
FORM UNDER THIS PRECIPITATION SHIELD. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
DRIVING THIS SURFACE REFLECTION IS VISIBLE DIGGING AGGRESSIVELY
AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. NAM GFS AND ECMWF ALL FORECAST THIS
COASTAL LOW PRESSURE TO CROSS OREGON TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO
CENTRAL IDAHO BY DAWN TOMORROW. THE DEEPENING NATURE OF THE PARENT
TROUGH AND MUTUALLY SUPPORTING JET DIVERGENT REGIONS ALOFT AND
INTERACTION WITH A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS NEAR THE SURFACE WILL
PROMOTE DRAMATIC DEEPENING OF THE SURFACE LOW AS IT TRANSITS THE
REGION...WHAT COULD BE REFERRED TO AS A METEOROLOGICAL BOMB MORE
COMMON EAST OF THE ROCKIES THAN THE INLAND NORTHWEST. BY 12Z GFS
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS INDICATE A TIGHT GROUPING OF LOW CENTERS OVER
CLEARWATER COUNTY. THIS WILL PLACE MUCH OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
AND NORTH IDAHO UNDER THE TROWAL REGION OF THIS BEAST PROMOTING A
SUSTAINED MODERATE SNOW EVENT WITH OCCASIONAL BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW
FALL RATES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THUS...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE
PALOUSE AND POINTS NORTH AND EAST. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FORECAST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. THE MAXIMUM
AXIS OF SNOW FALL MAY VARY OR SHIFT NORTH OR SOUTH OF CURRENT
FORECAST BASED ON MINOR SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW. FORECAST
SNOW FALL TOTALS REFLECTED IN WEB SITE WEATHER STORY ARE BASED ON
MODEL CONSENSUS OF THE MAIN LIFT AXIS AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY GFS BASED QPF (WHICH DOESN'T APPRECIABLY VARY
FROM THE OTHER GUIDANCE)...AND AVERAGE EVENT SNOW RATIOS
REFLECTING AN INITIAL ONSET OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW LATE THIS
EVENING...TRANSITIONING ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH HIGHER THAN
NORMAL WATER CONTENT BUT OFFSET BY ENHANCED SNOW FALL RATES...
TRANSITIONING TO A COLDER AND DRIER RATIO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
THE COMES UNDER THE COLD QUADRANT OF THE SYSTEM. THUS...WITH ALL
THESE CALCULATIONS AND ELEMENTS...ACTUAL SNOW AMOUNTS FOR ANY
GIVEN LOCATION COULD FALL SHORT OF...OR OVERACHIEVE FORECAST BY A
COUPLE INCHES.
CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS REMAIN IN EFFECT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
PALOUSE ZONES. GIVEN A TIGHTENING GRADIENT BEHIND THE LOW
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND GUST POTENTIAL FROM MIXING...THE WASHINGTON
AND IDAHO PALOUSE HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO BLIZZARD WARNINGS WITH AN
EXPECTATION OF MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THE EXPOSED TERRAIN
PARTICULARLY ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE ALSO BEEN HOISTED FOR THE L-C ZONES ABOVE
2000 FEET...THE LOW ELEVATIONS OF LEWISTON/CLARKSTON THEMSELVES
SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY RAIN OR A HIGH RATIO/LOW ACCUMULATION MIX
ESPECIALLY IF THE LOW BEHAVES ACCORDING TO FORECAST AND PASSES
JUST NORTH OF THEM TONIGHT. CAMAS PRAIRIE HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED TO
THE ADVISORY MIX WITH NORTHWEST FLOW PROMOTING OROGRAPHICALLY
FAVORABLE ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL AS THE STORM PASSES TOMORROW.
SO...IN SUMMARY FOR MOST LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE TO
RITZVILLE (EXCEPT LEWISTON/CLARKSTON)...PRECIPITATION BEGINS AS
SNOW/RAIN MIX OR EVEN STRAIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONS TO
ALL SNOW AND INTENSIFIES OVERNIGHT...AND TAPERS OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS CHARGE UP ON THE PALOUSE
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. WEST OF THIS LINE LIGHT SNOW
IS STILL LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE
ACCUMULATIONS. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY ALSO
THROUGH THE OKANOGAN VALLEY AND PURCELL TRENCH AS THE ARCTIC AIR
MASS BEGINS TO INVADE THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM.
WEDNESDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY STABILIZE IN THE MORNING AND
FALL DURING THE DAY. /FUGAZZI
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH
THE INLAND NORTHWEST WITH THE SURFACE HIGH BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS
WAY DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE DIVIDE IN ALBERTA. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN
TO PLUMMET WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TEENS EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...MAINLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS EAST OF A
LINE FROM RITZVILLE TO COLVILLE. THE SNOW WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND
EAST OF THIS LINE OVERNIGHT. THE BEST SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL FALL
ACROSS SHOSHONE COUNTY AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE OF IDAHO AS THE FLOW
BECOMES MORE NORTHWESTERLY. GIVEN THE NORTHERLY FLOW AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES...SNOW LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH...AROUND
20:1. HOWEVER THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH LIQUID PRECIP FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW. GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 5
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THURSDAY THROUGH NEW YEARS EVE NIGHT...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS
MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THURSDAY IN THE
NORTHERLY FLOW. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTH
CENTRAL MONTANA AND DRAG WITH IT DRIER AIR. YES WE WILL SEE THE
SUN...BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD! 850 MB TEMPS ARE NOT AS COLD AS
WHAT WE EXPERIENCED RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. HIGH TEMPS IN THE
TEENS WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS EXPECTED...AND MOST OF
NORTHEAST WA AND NORTH ID WILL SEE NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS.
THURSDAY NIGHT THE TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG AND AN AMPLIFIED RIDGE
WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ALONG THE WEST COAST. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE
INLAND FRIDAY. MODELS ARE CREATING A CUTOFF LOW AND LOOK TO BE
DIGGING IT SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST. TEMPERATURES NEW YEARS MORNING
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE COLDER THAN NEW YEARS EVE MORNING MINS
GIVEN THE HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD AND NEARLY CALM WINDS. /NISBET
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN RATHER
PROGRESSIVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PAC WITH A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS
LINED UP TO MOVE TOWARD THE PAC NW ROUGHLY EVERY 24 HOURS. WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION WILL DEFLECT
THE FIRST FEW STORMS AROUND THE REGION LEAVING A MOSTLY DRY
FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND OUTSIDE SOME PASSING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
BY MONDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK... PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS AND A SERIES OF
WAVES MOVE THROUGH IN A NW TO SE FASHION. ATTM...IT APPEARS WE
WILL REMAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MEAN JET STREAM...SO MOST
PCPN SHOULD FALL AS SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH MONDAY...THEN WARM CLOSER TO SEASONAL READINGS BY
MIDWEEK. /SB
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...MOIST WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY OVER THE
FAR SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND THIS WILL PROMOTE
INTERMITTENT SHOWERS WITH MVFR CEILINGS AT THE KLWS AND POSSIBLY
THE KPUW TAF SITES. OVER THE NORTHERN BASIN...MOIST LOW LEVEL
UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE RISING TERRAIN OF THE EASTERN BASIN WILL CASE
IFR CEILING STRATUS AT THE KGEG VCNTY TAF SITES. MARGINAL
IMPROVEMENT IS PROBABLE TO BROKEN MVFR CEILINGS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS AT KEAT AND KMWH AFTER PATCHY FOG
IN THE MOSES LAKE AREA DISSIPATES BY NOON.
TONIGHT A DEEPENING STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM
NEAR KDLS AT 00Z TO NEAR KLWS AT 12Z WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THIS
LOW TRACK. THE KGEG AREA TAF SITES AND KPUW WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE
LIFR CONDITIONS IN INTENSE SNOW FALL RATES BETWEEN 06Z AND
15Z...WITH INTERMITTENT MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY.
THE KLWS TAF SITE SHOULD REMAIN RAIN WITH MVFR OR HIGH IFR
CEILINGS AS THE LOW PASSES JUST TO THE NORTH KEEPING KLWS IN THE
WARM SECTOR. KMWH AND KEAT WILL BE BRUSHED BY THE FRINGE OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 32 33 12 17 -1 14 / 100 100 40 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 31 34 12 16 -3 14 / 100 100 50 0 0 0
PULLMAN 33 32 15 18 1 17 / 100 90 50 20 0 0
LEWISTON 36 35 19 23 5 19 / 90 80 50 20 0 0
COLVILLE 29 32 15 18 0 18 / 70 80 10 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 31 33 13 15 -4 14 / 100 100 50 0 0 0
KELLOGG 32 33 8 13 -4 13 / 100 100 70 10 0 0
MOSES LAKE 29 34 16 21 4 18 / 70 40 10 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 28 32 16 19 6 17 / 70 30 10 0 0 0
OMAK 28 29 10 17 1 16 / 30 30 10 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY COEUR D'ALENE AREA.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
IDAHO PALOUSE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY LEWIS
AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR THE LEWISTON AREA.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST
WEDNESDAY CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA...UPPER
COLUMBIA BASIN.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET FOR THE LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN
COUNTIES.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
WEDNESDAY MOSES LAKE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET
FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 6:55 AM PST, 8 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 655 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 IDZ001>004-WAZ033-035>038-291500- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 655 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN WIND PRONE AREAS. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEARS WEEKEND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE TEENS WITH NIGHT TIME LOWS DROPPING BELOW ZERO. WAZ034-041>044-291500- MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 655 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEARS WEEKEND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE TEENS WITH NIGHT TIME LOWS DROPPING BELOW ZERO. IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-291500- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 655 AM PST TUE DEC 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY WENDEASDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE PALOUSE AND OVER THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS ON WEDNESDAY COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEARS WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 20S WITH NIGHT TIME LOWS DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:36 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 33 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Idaho, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Washington, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
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.