Alert archive / Washington / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this wind advisory at Jul 11, 2010, 11:08 AM PDT for 12 counties in Washington; Bonner County, Boundary County, Kootenai County, Idaho. It took effect at Jul 12, 2010, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2010, 11:08 AM PDT (18:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2010, 11:00 AM PDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2010, 9:48 PM PDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Adams County, WA, Asotin County, WA, Chelan County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 WWUS76 KOTX 111808 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1108 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AIR FLOODS INTO THE REGION AND A STRONG JET STREAM DESCENDS UPON THE CASCADES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN MONDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. WAZ034-041-044-120215- /O.UPG.KOTX.HW.A.0002.100712T1800Z-100713T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 1108 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM. LESS GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND VANTAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ032-033-035-120215- /O.NEW.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1108 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 2 PM AND 7 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LIND...RITZVILLE...POMEROY * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM RITZVILLE WEST TOWARDS MOSES LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
7 follow-up statements
464 WWUS76 KOTX 112343 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 443 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AIR FLOODS INTO THE REGION AND A STRONG JET STREAM DESCENDS UPON THE CASCADES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN MONDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. WAZ032>035-041-044-120745- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 443 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...POMEROY * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND VANTAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
535 WWUS76 KOTX 120538 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1038 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY MORNING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AS COOLER AIR FLOODS INTO THE REGION AND A STRONG JET STREAM DESCENDS UPON THE CASCADES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN MONDAY MORNING...PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING. WAZ032>035-041-044-121400- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1038 PM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...RITZVILLE...POMEROY * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND VANTAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST...DRIVERS TRAVELLING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
173 WWUS76 KOTX 121056 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 356 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE STRONGEST IN THE WENATCHEE...GEORGE...VANTAGE...WATERVILLE...AND EPHRATA AREAS WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. FURTHER EAST...THE CITIES OF SPOKANE...PULLMAN...RITZVILLE... AND MOSES LAKE CAN EXPECT GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO BLOWING DUST. DRY AND HOT WEATHER OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS DRIED THE SOIL...AND SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS MAY EXPERIENCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ036-121900- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 356 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TREACHEROUS CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL HIGHWAYS THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH LIKE HIGHWAY 195 BETWEEN SPOKANE AND PULLMAN. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWERLINES. DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAZ032>035-041-044-121900- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.100712T1800Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 356 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE...WATERVILLE...AND EPHRATA AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...RITZVILLE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA. * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST IS HIGH. POOR VISIBILITIES MAY SEVERELY IMPACT DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO MOSES LAKE TO RITZVILLE IS OFTEN PRONE TO PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING DUST. RURAL HIGHWAYS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU... AND OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$
496 WWUS76 KOTX 121859 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1159 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON TODAY. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST IN THE WENATCHEE...GEORGE...VANTAGE...WATERVILLE AREAS WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FARTHER EAST...THE CITIES OF SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT CONSISTENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO BLOWING DUST. DRY AND HOT WEATHER OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS DRIED THE SOIL...AND SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS MAY EXPERIENCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ032>036-041-044-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1159 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY... RITZVILLE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA. * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST IS HIGH. POOR VISIBILITIES MAY SEVERELY IMPACT DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. INTERSTATE 90 FROM GEORGE TO MOSES LAKE TO RITZVILLE IS OFTEN PRONE TO PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING DUST. RURAL HIGHWAYS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU... AND OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$
564 WWUS76 KOTX 122153 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THROUGH THE EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON EARLIER TODAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE STRONGEST IN THE WENATCHEE...GEORGE...VANTAGE...WATERVILLE AREAS WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FARTHER EAST...THE CITIES OF SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT CONSISTENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO AS LOW AS ZERO IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH LESS SEVERE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ELSEWHERE DUE TO BLOWING DUST. DRY AND HOT WEATHER OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS DRIED THE SOIL...AND SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS MAY EXPERIENCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ035-130600- /O.NEW.KOTX.DS.W.0002.100712T2153Z-100713T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 253 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY... RITZVILLE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA. * IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ALONG HIGHWAY 261 BETWEEN RALSTON AND RITZVILLE...AS WELL AS ON GRANT COUNTY ROAD 18-NE NORTH OF SOAP LAKE...AND GRANT COUNTY ROAD 20-NE NEAR SOAP LAKE. BECAUSE THE PLUMES OF HEAVIEST BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY TO MEANDER SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING...REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE LIKELY ON OTHER ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ WAZ032>034-036-041-044-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 253 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...ENTIAT...WATERVILLE... PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...CLARKSTON... POMEROY... RITZVILLE...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA. * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST IS HIGH. POOR VISIBILITIES MAY SEVERELY IMPACT DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. RURAL HIGHWAYS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$
665 WWUS76 KOTX 122332 AAA NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 432 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...STRONG WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST THROUGH THE EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON EARLIER TODAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE STRONGEST IN THE WENATCHEE...GEORGE...VANTAGE...WATERVILLE AREAS WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FARTHER EAST...THE CITIES OF SPOKANE...PULLMAN...AND RITZVILLE CAN EXPECT CONSISTENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO AS LOW AS ZERO IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH LESS SEVERE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ELSEWHERE DUE TO BLOWING DUST. DRY AND HOT WEATHER OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS DRIED THE SOIL...AND SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS MAY EXPERIENCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WAZ035-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.DS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 432 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * IMPACTS: BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ALONG HIGHWAY 261 BETWEEN RALSTON AND RITZVILLE...AS WELL AS ON GRANT COUNTY ROAD 18-NE NORTH OF SOAP LAKE...AND GRANT COUNTY ROAD 20-NE NEAR SOAP LAKE. BECAUSE THE PLUMES OF HEAVIEST BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY TO MEANDER SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING...REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ARE LIKELY ON OTHER ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ037-130600- /O.EXA.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS 432 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. SHOWERS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF PEND OREILLE COUNTY AND NORTH OF SANDPOINT MAY SEE ISOLATED WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS * IMPACTS: THOUGH BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$ WAZ036-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 432 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST IS HIGH. POOR VISIBILITIES MAY SEVERELY IMPACT DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. RURAL HIGHWAYS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$ WAZ032>034-041-044-130600- /O.CON.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN... ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 432 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. GUSTS IN THE WENATCHEE AND WATERVILLE AREAS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH. * TIMING: WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY * IMPACTS: THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST IS HIGH. POOR VISIBILITIES MAY SEVERELY IMPACT DRIVERS THIS AFTERNOON. RURAL HIGHWAYS ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SPOTS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST... DRIVERS TRAVELING ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN SHOULD CHECK THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THEIR HEADLIGHTS TODAY...AND DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$
307 WWUS76 KOTX 130448 NPWOTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 948 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIE DOWN THIS EVENING... .GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE NIGHT UNFOLDS OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST. WIND GUSTS THROUGH MIDNIGHT MAY STILL CONTINUE TO BE UP TO 30 MPH IN SELECT SPOTS...HOWEVER THE STRONGER GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH OF EARLIER TODAY WILL NOT BE RETURNING. WAZ035-130600- /O.CAN.KOTX.DS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY 948 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...DUST STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE DUST STORM WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN HAVE GENERALLY FALLEN TO AROUND OR BELOW 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT...WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF WITH A GENERAL 10 MPH WESTERLY WIND ANTICIPATED BY MORNING. AS A RESULT OF THE TAPERING WIND...BLOWING DUST HAS DIMINISHED AS WELL. BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED WIND AND BLOWING DUST HAZARDS...THE DUST STORM WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ032>034-036-037-041-044-130600- /O.CAN.KOTX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100713T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE... OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...WENATCHEE... CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 948 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS HAVE GENERALLY FALLEN TO AROUND OR BELOW 30 MPH IN MOST SPOTS THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SUCH THAT NEITHER STRONG WINDS NOR BLOWING DUST WILL BE ONGOING CONCERNS. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jul 11, 10:57 AM PDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 10:57 AM PDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1057 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
TODAYS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE...BUT BIG CHANGES WILL
ARRIVE ON MONDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. MONDAY WILL BE WINDY AND NOTICEABLY COOLER. THE GUSTY
WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING
DUST...ESPECIALLY IN PORTIONS OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING...AND THE REST OF
THE WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK TO NORMAL OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
...WINDY DAY EXPECTED MONDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE FOR
WENATCHEE...MOSES LAKE...WATERVILLE PLATEAU. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED...
A RATHER TRANQUIL WEATHER PATTERN WILL HOLD THROUGH TODAY AS THE
INLAND NORTHWEST REMAINS UNDER A SHORTWAVE RIDGE. THE THERMALLY
INDUCED SURFACE PRESSURE TROUGH IS STARTING TO SHIFT EAST TO THE
IDAHO/MONTANA BORDER THIS MORNING. VALLEY TEMPERATURES ARE ON
TRACK TO TOP OUT IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S..A COUPLE DEGREES
WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. MORNING FOG IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
VALLEYS...COURTESY OF A FEW VERY WET THUNDERSTORMS LAST EVENING...
HAS DISSIPATED. SOME CUMULUS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO BUILD OVER
NORTHEAST WA AND WE COULD SEE SOME CONVECTION DEVELOP OVER THE
NORTHERN PANHANDLE MTS THIS AFTERNOON. THE OTHER WEATHER OF NOTE
IS SOME SMOKE LINGERING IN THE WENATCHEE VALLEY FROM A WILDFIRE
NORTH OF WENATCHEE. WEBCAMS INDICATE THAT THIS IS STARTING TO
DISSIPATE BUT WILL TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS OF MIXING BEFORE
CONDITIONS IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY. WINDS REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE
THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD START TO GUST ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS
BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND THE COLD
FRONT ADVANCES. FOR NOW A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. /KELCH
&&
.AVIATION...
MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
IDAHO THROUGH 12Z MONDAY. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHERN IDAHO BETWEEN
21Z-03Z...MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF SANDPOINT. A WILD FIRE...ROUGHLY
15 MILES NORTH OF WENATCHEE PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS NEAR WENATCHEE THIS MORNING BUT THIS WILL DISSIPATE
THIS AFTERNOON. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES... PILOTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND
WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...AND MOSES LAKE. EXPECT WEST/NORTHWEST WIND
GUSTS TO 30KT BY 18Z MONDAY...THEN INCREASE FURTHER MONDAY
AFTERNOON. /EK
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 89 62 77 48 73 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 87 61 76 49 70 49 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
PULLMAN 86 56 77 43 70 45 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 95 64 85 52 78 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 94 61 78 46 76 49 / 10 10 10 10 10 10
SANDPOINT 84 58 74 45 69 44 / 10 10 10 10 10 10
KELLOGG 84 57 72 46 67 46 / 10 10 0 0 20 20
MOSES LAKE 97 65 79 51 81 53 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 96 67 75 56 79 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 96 59 77 49 79 51 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
EAST WASHINGTON CENTRAL CASCADE VALLEYS (ZONE 677)...EAST
WASHINGTON NORTHEAST (ZONE 686)...EAST WASHINGTON NORTHERN
COLUMBIA BASIN (ZONE 673)...EAST WASHINGTON OKANOGAN/METHOW
VALLEYS (ZONE 684)...EAST WASHINGTON SOUTH CENTRAL CASCADE
VALLEYS (ZONE 676).
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING MOSES
LAKE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...WENATCHEE AREA.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 6:55 AM PDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-041>044-121400- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TODAY TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...AS A STRONG SUMMER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE PALOUSE... WEST PLAINS...SPOKANE AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WENATCHEE...ELLENSBURG...AND EPHRATA AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WEST PLAINS... AND THE PALOUSE. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY FIRES THAT START IN DRY GRASS OR DRY BRUSH COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-121400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 655 AM PDT SUN JUL 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING... AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTS ON MOUNTAIN RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:01 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:54 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 31 hr | |
| Jul 10, 5:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Bonner | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.