Alert archive / Idaho / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 25, 2010, 10:23 AM PST for 7 counties in Idaho; 7 counties in Washington. It was in force for 65 hr. 50 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
- Nov 25, 2010, 10:23 AM PST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2010, 3:36 AM PST
- In force
- 65 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Asotin County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 12:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 6 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-2 |
| Nov 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 9 E Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-6 |
| Nov 27, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Nne Harrington, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-9 |
| Nov 27, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Nov 27, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Wnw Alene, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-8 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Ne Viola, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-5 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.9 | 6 S Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-4 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Nw Alene, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-6 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 1 N Airway Heights, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-21 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-4 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | 11 N Airway Heights, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE 36, NEAR NINE MILE FALLS. |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 7 Nne Sandpoint, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-13 |
| Nov 27, 7:25 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Sandpoint, ID | ELEVATION 2100 FT. |
| Nov 27, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 15 N Davenport, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-1 |
| Nov 27, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ssw Rathdrum, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-5 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Moscow, ID | COCORAHS ID-LT-7 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | 6 Se Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-23 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 Sse Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-16 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Spokane, WA | 3.8 INCHES OVERNIGHT AND STORM TOTAL 7.0 IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 11 N Davenport, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-5 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 Wsw Sagle, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-14 |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-14 |
| Nov 27, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 7 Nw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-3 |
| Nov 27, 8:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Nne Mead, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-27 |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Harrington, WA | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 1 N Airway Heights, WA | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | 12 Nw Spokane, WA | 10 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. ELEVATION 1824 FT. |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Clayton, WA | OVERNIGHT SNOW FALL. |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Nne Mead, WA | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Nov 27, 9:40 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 W Naples, ID | PAST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. SPOTTER BOUNDARY 18. |
| Nov 27, 10:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Clayton, WA | SNOWFALL SINCE 4 PM YESTERDAY TO 9 AM TODAY. ELEVATION 2390 FT. |
| Nov 27, 11:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 3 Nw Spokane, WA | SPOTTER SPOKANE 26, 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Nov 27, 12:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nne Loon Lake, WA | SPOTTER STEVENS 45, 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Nov 27, 6:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.5 | La Crosse, WA | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Nov 27, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Nw Blanchard, ID | SPOTTER BONNER 38, 2 INCHES FRIDAY, 5 INCHES SATURDAY |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Se Moyie Springs, ID | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Se Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 W Moyie Springs, ID | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 5 Nw Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Eastport, ID | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Se Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| Nov 27, 8:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 6 Nw Diamond Lake, WA | 7.5 INCHES PAST 12 HOURS, 14.3 INCHES SINCE THURSDAY |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
870 WWUS46 KOTX 251823 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1023 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND CAUSE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TODAY...AND THEN INCREASE BY EARLY FRIDAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL THAT WILL ADD UP OVER A COUPLE DAYS. THE SNOW MAY ALSO BRIEFLY LET UP AT TIMES BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-260230- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.101126T1200Z-101128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0009.101125T1823Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1023 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE... MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ WAZ038-260230- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101125T1823Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1023 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-260230- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1023 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS...BUT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-260230- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.A.0005.101126T1200Z-101128T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1023 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN GRADUAL ACCUMULATIONS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE ON FRIDAY...BUT POSSIBLY NOT TIL THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
12 follow-up statements
201 WWUS46 KOTX 252240 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND CAUSE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TODAY...AND THEN INCREASE BY EARLY FRIDAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL THAT WILL ADD UP OVER A COUPLE DAYS. THE SNOW MAY ALSO BRIEFLY LET UP AT TIMES BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-260700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN... WALLACE... MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYWEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ WAZ035-260700- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T1200Z-101127T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY FRIDAY MORNING AND BECOMING WIDESPREAD OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. THE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ043-260700- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS AT NESPELEM AND DISAUTEL PASS. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ038-260700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-260700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS...BUT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-260700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0005.101126T1200Z-101128T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 240 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN GRADUAL ACCUMULATIONS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE ON FRIDAY...BUT POSSIBLY NOT TIL THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
296 WWUS46 KOTX 260500 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND CAUSE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. AS ONE WAVE OF SNOW MOVES EAST...MORE SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE INTO EARLY FRIDAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE A LONG DURATION LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL THAT WILL ADD UP OVER A COUPLE DAYS. THE SNOW MAY ALSO BRIEFLY LET UP AT TIMES BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN. IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN... WALLACE... MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ WAZ038-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS...BUT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY 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. && $$ WAZ043-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS AT NESPELEM AND DISAUTEL PASS. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ035-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T1200Z-101127T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY FRIDAY MORNING AND BECOMING WIDESPREAD OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. THE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-261500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0005.101126T1200Z-101128T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 900 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM PST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN GRADUAL ACCUMULATIONS...WITH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND MAY PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE ON FRIDAY...BUT POSSIBLY NOT TIL THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
153 WWUS46 KOTX 261147 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR SITUATED OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD TODAY AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. IDZ003-WAZ033-262300- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.101126T1200Z-101128T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0009.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN GRADUAL ACCUMULATIONS...WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE PALOUSE. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA... UNIONTOWN. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-262300- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0009.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. THIS INCLUDES THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREA. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. THIS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS INCLUDING GIFFORD AND POMEROY. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS WILL RECEIVE SNOW...HOWEVER THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2500 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND LESS THAN 2 INCHES. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-262300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 7 TO 13 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. T * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT... RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN... WALLACE... MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE- HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ027-262300- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINCHESTER...CRAIGMONT...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 95 OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-262300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-262300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS...BUT WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ035-262300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101126T1200Z-101127T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING...AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ WAZ043-262300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 347 AM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS AT NESPELEM AND DISAUTEL PASS. * ELEVATION: ALL AREAS. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
498 WWUS46 KOTX 262249 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR SITUATED OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. WAZ042-043-270000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES AND HAS ENDED FOR THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. THIS INCLUDES THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREA. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. THIS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS INCLUDING GIFFORD AND POMEROY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ WAZ031-270700- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED WITH UP TO 11 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-270600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT AN INCH. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ WAZ035-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.101127T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 249 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. && $$
198 WWUS46 KOTX 270606 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL OVERRIDE THE COLD AIR SITUATED OVER THE INLAND NORTHWEST AND RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. WAZ038-270715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T0600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW HAS BEEN ON THE DECLINE OVER THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS OVER THE EVENING AND WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...GENERALLY UNDER TWO INCHES. $$ IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-271415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...KELLOGG... PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG... PINEHURST... OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-271415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 2500 FEET. THIS INCLUDES THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREA. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. THIS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS INCLUDING GIFFORD AND POMEROY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC... GIFFORD...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA... UNIONTOWN... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ035-271200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T1200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE... ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED ON FRIDAY. 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-271415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1006 PM PST FRI NOV 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME MODERATE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
397 WWUS46 KOTX 271234 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 434 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY... IDZ004-272045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 434 AM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA...CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-272045- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 434 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND IN THE POMEROY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREAS...WITH AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...POMEROY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-272045- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 434 AM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR DEER PARK...NEWPORT...AND SANDPOINT. POINTS FURTHER NORTH...LIKE COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...AND METALINE FALLS WILL ONLY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK... NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-272045- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 434 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
573 WWUS46 KOTX 271314 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY... IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-272115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR DEER PARK...NEWPORT...AND SANDPOINT. POINTS FURTHER NORTH...LIKE COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...AND METALINE FALLS WILL ONLY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK... NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ004-272115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA... CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-272115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 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: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND IN THE POMEROY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREAS...WITH AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...POMEROY * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 5 TO10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ WAZ035-272115- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T2200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...ODESSA 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE RITZVILLE...ODESSA...HARRINGTON...AND LIND AREAS. * TIMING: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: RITZVILLE...ODESSA...HARRINGTON...LIND. * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-272115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 514 AM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. && $$
805 WWUS46 KOTX 272008 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT... WAZ035-272115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101127T2200Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RITZVILLE...ODESSA 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR DEER PARK...NEWPORT...AND SANDPOINT. POINTS FARTHER NORTH... LIKE COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...AND METALINE FALLS WILL ONLY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK... NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ004-280415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA... CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0300Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND IN THE POMEROY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREAS...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...POMEROY * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-280415- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1208 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
836 WWUS46 KOTX 272252 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 252 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT... IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-280300- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0300Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...DEER PARK...NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 252 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR DEER PARK...NEWPORT...AND SANDPOINT. POINTS FARTHER NORTH... LIKE COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...AND METALINE FALLS WILL ONLY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK... NEWPORT... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 252 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PALOUSE AND IN THE POMEROY AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE LEWISTON AND CLARKSTON AREAS...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...POMEROY * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 252 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE KELLOGG...WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA... CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE... MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT OVER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS ROADS BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED. 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-280700- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 252 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SNOW COVERED THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
998 WWUS46 KOTX 280257 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 657 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... IDZ002-WAZ036-037-280600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD...DEER PARK... NEWPORT...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 657 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: BANDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM WEST AFTER 8 PM. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...DEER PARK...NEWPORT...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... SPOKANE... CHENEY...ROCKFORD * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS. 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. && $$ IDZ001-004-281100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 657 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WITH UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OBSCURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-026-WAZ032-033-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA 657 PM PST SAT NOV 27 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: 1 TO 2...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...MOSCOW... PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...POMEROY * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS. 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-281100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 657 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS...ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
880 WWUS46 KOTX 280605 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...PERIODS OF SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... IDZ002-003-026-WAZ032-033-036-037-280715- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PECK... CULDESAC...GIFFORD...POMEROY...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...SPOKANE...CHENEY...ROCKFORD... DEER PARK...NEWPORT...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1005 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE STEADIER SNOW BANDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH. ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...GENERALLY PRODUCING A HALF INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS AND UP TO 1 INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 FEET. WHILE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ENDING...MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$ IDZ001-004-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1005 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...1 TO 3 INCHES FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE WITH UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD... KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OBSCURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS: VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1005 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD * WINDS: SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTHWEST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS... ESPECIALLY THE LESS-TRAVELED ROADS 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. && $$
215 WWUS46 KOTX 281136 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 336 AM PST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED... IDZ001-004-281245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN... WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 336 AM PST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE SANDPOINT...CLARK FORK... WALLACE...AND ST MARIES AREAS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-281245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-101128T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 336 AM PST SUN NOV 28 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE PEOLA...ANATONE...AND WINCHESTER AREAS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 25, 4:06 AM PST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 4:06 AM PST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
406 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TODAY AND TOMORROW AS WARMER AIR IS
INJECTED INTO THE REGION WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING. THE
THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PERIOD WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS
BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AS ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY. MORE STORM SYSTEMS ARE PROBABLE THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...A POSITIVELY TILTED RIDGE WILL SWING THROUGH
THE REGION. THIS WILL PLACE US IN A NORTHERLY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
PATTERN DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TRANSITION
INTO A WESTERLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN OVERNIGHT. POPS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE CATEGORY ACROSS
MAINLY THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE NORTHERN CASCADES AS WE DO NOT GET OUR BEST MOISTURE TAP UNTIL
THE FLOW TURNS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY TONIGHT. THE GENERAL IDEA WILL
BE FOR INCREASING CHANCES FOR PCPN TONIGHT WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC
ACCENT. TEMPS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL PCPN TO FALL AS SNOW
ACROSS THE REGION. THE CASCADE CREST WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE TONIGHT PERIOD. ALL
OTHER AREAS WILL SEE MUCH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE FOCUS
AGAIN IN THE NORTHEAST AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE...WHICH WILL SEE
SNOWFALL IN THE RANGE OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. ACROSS THE
BASIN...WE ARE LOOKING AT SNOWFALL MORE IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2
INCHES. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO REBOUND AS WE INJECT WARMER AIR
INTO THE REGION WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS TO LOW 20S...LOW TEMPS
COULD VERY WELL OCCUR AT MIDNIGHT AS TEMPS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
JUST RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT. /SVH
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LIGHT PERSISTENT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE AREA WITH
SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH. GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT ALONG
WITH DECENT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL ASSIST IN KEEPING THE SNOW
FALLING. COLD TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN PLACE WILL ALLOW SNOW TO
FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. THE BEST AREA FOR SNOW LOOKS TO BE
EAST OF A LINE FROM COLVILLE SOUTH TO PULLMAN. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...A WARM TONGUE OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CREEP
INTO SOUTHERN ADAMS AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTIES FOR A CHANCE OF
FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY. LOOKING AT SOUNDING PROFILES...IT LOOKS
FAIRLY MINIMAL AS THE AREA ABOVE ZERO IS SO SMALL THAT IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT FOR A PARTICLE TO MELT IN THAT SMALL OF AN AREA. WILL
CONTINUE THE WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WA AND NORTH ID. HAVE
DECREASED SNOW AMOUNTS A LITTLE GIVEN THE LATEST MODEL
GUIDANCE...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS SEEMS REASONABLE BY
SATURDAY NIGHT. ALSO SHORTENED THE TIME OF THE WATCH AND DON'T
HAVE IT STARTING UNTIL 12Z FRI AS THUR NIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT. AS THE FRONT SAGS TO THE
SOUTHEAST THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS NEEDED FOR THE CAMAS
PRAIRIE ON SATURDAY.
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD
ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC PROVIDING DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW. WILL
STILL MENTION SOME POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT WITH A SYSTEM MOVING IN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
DATYTIME TEMPERATURES THROUGH WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE WITH
OVERNIGHT TEMPS AT OR BELOW AVERAGE READINGS FOR THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR. /NISBET
&&
.AVIATION...
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEGRADE THROUGH TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AS
THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. LIGHT SHOWERS OF SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEASTER MTNS
AND IN THE PANHANDLE. THIS INCLUDES THE KGEG...KSFF...KCOE...AND
KPUW TAF SITES. ALL TAF SITES WILL SEE CIGS DROPPING WITH CURRENT
CIGS ALREADY GOING MVFR AT THE AFOREMENTIONED TAF SITES...WITH IFR
CIGS POSSIBLE AFTER 12Z. VIS RESTRICTIONS WILL ACCOMPANY SNOW
SHOWERS...BUT SHOULD STAY ABOVE 2 MI FOR THE MOST PART AS HEAVIER
SNOWFALL WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN
GENERAL TREND...BUT EXPECT AMENDMENTS AS TIMING MAY BE A LITTLE OFF
AND VIS WILL VARY DEPENDING ON PCPN INTENSITY. /SVH
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 20 16 30 27 30 22 / 40 70 80 90 90 50
COEUR D'ALENE 20 18 30 28 31 23 / 50 70 90 90 90 50
PULLMAN 23 20 29 28 32 24 / 30 40 50 90 90 70
LEWISTON 27 22 33 31 36 28 / 20 20 40 60 70 60
COLVILLE 18 14 29 28 30 23 / 40 80 90 80 80 30
SANDPOINT 17 15 26 26 27 23 / 50 80 90 90 90 50
KELLOGG 20 19 28 25 30 22 / 40 70 90 90 90 60
MOSES LAKE 18 15 27 22 31 18 / 20 40 50 50 50 20
WENATCHEE 17 15 26 24 30 22 / 20 60 50 30 30 20
OMAK 16 15 27 20 28 17 / 30 70 50 30 30 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...COEUR D'ALENE AREA...IDAHO
PALOUSE...NORTHERN PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS...SPOKANE AREA...WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 6:13 AM PST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 613 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 IDZ001>004-WAZ033-036-037-261415- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 613 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE ROADWAYS A LITTLE SLICK. EXPECT SNOWFALL TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW OCCURS. THIS WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON TRAVEL DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BRINGING A POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-034-035-038-041>044-261415- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 613 AM PST THU NOV 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LIGHT ENOUGH ACCUMULATIONS TO MAKE TRAVEL ON ROADWAYS A LITTLE SLICK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CHANCES FOR MORE WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. AT THIS TIME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BRINGING A POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 10:23 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 65 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.