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Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2013, 3:54 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; Pend Oreille County, Spokane County, Stevens County, Washington. It took effect at Nov 30, 2013, 10:00 PM PST. It was in force for 53 hr. 9 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 30, 2013, 3:54 PM PST (23:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2013, 10:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2013, 3:04 AM PST
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Bonner County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 3 S Kellogg, ID | SILVER MTN. |
| Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 10 Nne Hope, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-22 |
| Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 7 E Chewelah, WA | 49 DEGREES NORTH |
| Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Wsw Colburn, ID | SCHWEITZER |
| Dec 2, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 3 Ese Mullan, ID | LOOKOUT PASS |
| Dec 2, 7:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Porthill, ID | REPORT RELAYED TO NWS BY FACEBOOK |
| Dec 2, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Dec 2, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 11 Ese Bonners Ferry, ID | ELEVATION 2300 FEET. |
| Dec 2, 9:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Eastport, ID | ELEVATION 2800 FEET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS46 KOTX 302354 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 354 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .SNOW WILL IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THEN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-011200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.131201T0600Z-131203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0011.131201T0600Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 354 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 10 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...RISING TO 3000-3500 FT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-011200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.131201T0600Z-131203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0011.131201T0600Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 354 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS RISING TO 4000 FEET ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-011200- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0005.131201T0600Z-131203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.131201T0600Z-131202T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 354 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...RISING TO 3500 FEET LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RISING SNOW LEVELS WILL END THE THREAT OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...BUT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$
12 follow-up statements
000 WWUS46 KOTX 010834 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1234 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...IN ADDITION TO FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING EAST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS INTO THE WESTERN BASIN... .SNOW WILL IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THEN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WENATCHEE AREA OVER INTO THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. IDZ001-WAZ037-011645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1234 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 10 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING...RISING TO 3000-3500 FT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-011645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1234 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AT 3500 FEET OVERNIGHT... RISING TO ABOVE 5000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER SUNDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS BY MONDAY. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-011600- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.131201T0900Z-131201T1600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 1234 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL THE MID MORNING HOURS FOR MOST LOCATIONS. * LOCATIONS: WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...RITZVILLE...ODESSA... WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. * IMPACTS: FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN A BUILD UP OF A THIN LAYER OF ICE...INCLUDING ON POWER LINES...SIDEWALKS AND ROAD SURFACES. SLICK ROADS MAY RESULT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-011645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131202T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1234 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...RISING TO 3500 FEET LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AGAIN ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RISING SNOW LEVELS WILL END THE THREAT OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...BUT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011605 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 805 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM THROUGH MONDAY TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .SNOW WILL IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THEN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. WAZ034-035-041-044-011715- /O.EXP.KOTX.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-131201T1600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD 805 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE MOSES LAKE...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN....WENATCHEE AREA AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FREEZING RAIN HAS SUBSIDED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES STILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING SO ROADWAYS AND SURFACES STILL REMAIN ICY. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO WARM UP BY MID MORNING AND THE ICE WILL MELT. UNTIL THEN PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL THIS MORNING IF OUT AND ABOUT DUE TO THE ICE. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-012000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 805 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON MONDAY. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-012000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 805 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 24 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 4500 FEET TODAY LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ038-012000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131202T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 805 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT TIMES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RISING SNOW LEVELS WILL END THE THREAT OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS... BUT SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SHERMAN PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 011848 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1048 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .SNOW WILL IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THEN ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. WAZ038-012000- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-131202T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1048 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. SNOW HAS SUBSIDED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. THE VALLEY WILL SEE LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH OF SNOW AND THE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES. GIVEN THE VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS EXPECTED...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1048 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-020300- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1048 AM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS STARTING MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 4500 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 020101 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 501 PM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AS SNOW LEVELS FALL TONIGHT...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ON THE MOUNTAINS. DRIER AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-021015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 501 PM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-021015- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 501 PM PST SUN DEC 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS STARTING MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 4500 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021309 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 509 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AS SNOW LEVELS FALL MONDAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ON THE MOUNTAINS. DRIER AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-022115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 509 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-022115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 509 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021358 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 558 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO BRING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AS SNOW LEVELS FALL MONDAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ON THE MOUNTAINS. DRIER AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW NEAR STEVENS PASS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 2 TODAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-022200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 558 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-022200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 558 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-021900- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.131202T1358Z-131202T1900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH 558 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 20S. * TIMING: THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH AND POINTS WEST ON HIGHWAY2 TO STEVENS PASS. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL MAINTAIN SNOW ON THE ROADS THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 021737 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 937 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...A COLD STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MONDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AS SNOW LEVELS FALL TODAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT. DRIER AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW NEAR STEVENS PASS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 2 TODAY. IDZ001-WAZ037-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...NEWPORT 937 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES...BOTH IN THE VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST LAKE...PORTHILL...EASTPORT... METALINE...NORTHPORT...AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...NORTH OF BONNERS FERRY...METALINE AND NORTHPORT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-030000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 937 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR LOOKOUT PASS. LIGHT SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS WHICH IS NEAR 4700 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-022000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131202T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...BLEWETT PASS 937 AM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...BLEWETT PASS. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL MAINTAIN SNOW ON THE ROADS THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 022007 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1207 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...A COLD STORM SYSTEM TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO FOR THE REST OF DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE AS SNOW LEVELS FALL TODAY...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL NORTH OF COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT. DRIER AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY SNOW NEAR STEVENS PASS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 2 TODAY. MEANWHILE SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT. IDZ001-WAZ037-030600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...BONNERS FERRY... PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...NEWPORT 1207 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS: BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST LAKE...RUBY...USK... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. VALLEY ROADS COULD ALSO SEE WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...NORTH OF BONNERS FERRY...METALINE AND NORTHPORT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-030600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1207 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR LOOKOUT PASS. LIGHT SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE VALLEY FLOORS BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-030600- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.131202T2007Z-131203T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1207 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN 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. && $$ WAZ042-030600- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH 1207 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATIONS: NEAR STEVENS PASS AND LEAVENWORTH. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 2. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 030248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PIVOT THROUGH NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND BONNER COUNTY OF IDAHO. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AND A DRYING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LINGER THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TO VALLEY FLOORS. IDZ001-WAZ037-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS ARE AT THE PEAK INTENSITY AS OF 630 PM AND ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND END OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SUBJECT TO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WHICH COULD POSE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL FOCUS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PEND OREILLE COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN REACHES OF BONNER COUNTY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ IDZ004-031100- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES BOTH VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: DEARY...CLARKIA...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FALL TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LOOKOUT PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS INCLUDES DEARY...CLARKIA...AND SANTA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-031100- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET AND UP TO 2 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 20S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ WAZ042-030600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...BLEWETT PASS 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...BLEWETT PASS. * IMPACTS: SNOW AND MELTED SNOW FROM THIS AFTERNOON WILL FREEZE TONIGHT LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-031100- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 648 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN 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. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 030554 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .ONE CLUSTER OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THAT HAS BEEN PARKED OVER SOUTHERN PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND SAG SOUTH. FURTHER SOUTH...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LINGER THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TO VALLEY FLOORS. IDZ001-WAZ037-030700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A PERSISTENT BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THAT HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY DURING A MAJORITY OF THE EVENING WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND SAG SOUTH. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL QUICKLY WANE AS DRIER...CONTINENTAL AIR MOVES IN. $$ WAZ042-030700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T0600Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...BLEWETT PASS 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. ICY ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND IN MONDAY. $$ IDZ004-031200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FALL TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LOOKOUT PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS INCLUDES DEARY...CLARKIA...AND SANTA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-031400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND ONE INCH HAS FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 20S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-031200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 954 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 030631 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1031 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... .ONE CLUSTER OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THAT HAS BEEN PARKED OVER SOUTHERN PEND OREILLE AND STEVENS COUNTIES WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND SAG SOUTH. FURTHER SOUTH...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LINGER THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TO VALLEY FLOORS. IDZ004-031200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 1031 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BELOW 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL FALL TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LOOKOUT PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS INCLUDES DEARY...CLARKIA...AND SANTA. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX 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. && $$ WAZ031-031445- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1031 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-031445- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1031 PM PST MON DEC 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 3000 FEET. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 20S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS46 KOTX 031104 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 304 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ..STILL SOME LINGERING SNOW BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND CAMAS PRAIRIE AND LINGER THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVIER SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOWER AMOUNTS TO VALLEY FLOORS. IDZ004-031215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-131203T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 304 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW HAVE ENDED FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOOKOUT PASS INTO THE MORNING HOURS. $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-031915- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-131203T2100Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 304 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BUT TAPER OFF TOWARD NOON. * LOCATIONS: ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * IMPACTS: BRIEF HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND COMPACT SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOUNTAIN 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. && $$
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 30, 3:48 PM PST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 3:48 PM PST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
348 PM PST Sat Nov 30 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
Big changes will come to the Inland Northwest as a strong low
pressure system begins to impact the region late tonight.
Initially this system will deliver warm conditions and widespread
precipitation. Snow will be possible over the valleys of northern
Washington and north Idaho early Sunday...however snow levels
will rise above the valley floors during the day. Heavy snow will
likely continue over the mountains. The widespread precipitation
will gradually come to an end Monday night...as a cold arctic air
mass pushes into the region. Temperatures will plunge to some of
the coldest the region has experienced over the past couple years.
The cold will likely persist through the week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight: This evening will be the calm before the storm. The Gulf
of Alaska low is starting to move south. A warm front will push
towards Eastern WA through the evening and overnight hours.
Temperatures tonight will only vary about 3-5 degrees from our
afternoon highs. Temperatures will likely remain near stationary
through the night. Very nice isentropic lift occurs overnight with
the chance of precipitation increasing through the night. Most
locations will see rain. However locations up across northern WA
and north ID...ie. Republic, Colville, Sandpoint, etc. will be
hovering right around freezing where they could pick up around an
inch of snow overnight. /Nisbet
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO DELIVER HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES
TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST...
Sunday through Monday...Complex weather period still awaits much
of the Inland Northwest as nice plume of sub-tropical moisture
pools ahead of unusually strong upper level trough and sends a
series of fronts through the area. The latest water vapor
satellite loops are showing a broad plume of moisture extending
from about 160w to just off the Washington coast and moving
steadily eastward. Meanwhile...there was a strong arctic boundary
plunging southward from the Gulf of Alaska. Looks like this event
can really be split into two regimes. First is the sub-tropical
air mass which will become the focus for late tonight through
Sunday night or early Monday morning. This is when the bulk of the
precipitation is expected to fall via a well-defined isentropic
ascent pattern and mid-level warm front. Precipitable water
amounts are expected to nearly double the normal values for this
time of year. As is usually the case with such a moist air
mass...its quite warm and as a result...snow is generally not an
issue except for the mountains. More on that below. Given the
strength of the isentropic ascent...it looks like all locations
will be subject to measurable rain...even in the lee of the
Cascades as the 850-700 mb westerly flow will be accompanied by
strong warm air advection which generally cancels out the
downslope flow impacts. Looks like this isentropic ascent pattern
will give way on Sunday evening as the models are consistent on
bringing the back edge of the moisture plume through the Cascades
with very little if any warm air advection present. This will
likely bring an end to the widespread precipitation in the lee of
the Cascades...however there will be a slight chance associated
with the passage of the Pacific cold front. Meanwhile...the sub-
tropical moisture plume will continue to sag slowly south as the
Gulf of Alaska low pushes across the WA/BC border on Monday. This
low will open the door to an arctic air mass which will begin to
surge across the International border. While this won't entirely
end the threat of precipitation...as light wrap around will be
possible...the heaviest of the precipitation will have ended
except perhaps over the southern half of the Idaho Panhandle.
Temperatures will likely fall or remain steady through the day
once the front moves in. There are big model differences in timing
the arctic front into the region...with the GFS being the
fastest...while the Canadian and EC keep the upper level low over
Washington through most of Monday...resulting in potential
wraparound precipitation and the development of upslope
showers...especially over the Idaho Panhandle. So here are the
impacts
Snow: Snow will not be an issue in most valley locations.
The exception will occur across northern valley locations
beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday. Locations such as
Republic...Colville...Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry will likely
begin to see snow during the night and continuing into the first
half of Sunday. However as the warmer air streams into the
region...these locations will gradually change over to rain. Its
possible some of these valley locations could see snowfall ranging
from 2 to 5 inches...with locally heavier amounts possible near
the Canadian border. Meanwhile the mountains will accumulate snow
from late tonight through Monday. Snowfall totals in the mountains
of NE Washington and the Idaho Panhandle could see snowfall
amounts ranging from 12 to 24 inches...with the heaviest amounts
expected over the central Idaho Panhandle. Heavy snow will also
fall in the immediate lee of the Cascades...however its generally
at elevations above pass levels. The exception will be the north
Cascade Highway...which will likely be subject to periods of heavy
snow.
Winds: Winds will generally intensify through Sunday...which
should eliminate our air stagnation issues of the past week. For
much of the area...south to southwest winds will increase through
the day and into the night as a strong low pressure area drops
through BC during the period. South to southwest winds will
intensify as the N-S pressure gradients steadily grow. If we will
need a wind advisory is questionable at this time...however if we
did...it would generally be for the SE corner of
Washington...impacting the Palouse...eastern sections of lower
Columbia Basin...as well as adjacent portions of the Idaho
Panhandle. Typically we do not achieve wind advisory criteria in
the warm sector of a low...and not too sure this will be an
exception. Nonetheless we expect to see widespread winds of 15 to
25 mph with gusts from 35-40 mph possible in these areas. Wind
speeds will likely peak late Sunday night early Monday morning.
Looks like the winds will transition to a north to northeast
orientation once the arctic air moves in late Monday. Then
blustery conditions will develop down the Purcell Trench and
Okanogan Valley. fx
Monday night through Thursday night...A cold upper level low will
slide south across the forecast area Monday night. This will bring
an area of steady snow to the southeast portion of the forecast area
along with scattered snow showers to the remainder of the Inland
Northwest. The most favorable areas will be the NE Blues, Camas
Prairie and the central panhandle mountains of Idaho. Light to
moderate snowfall amounts will be possible Monday night into
Tuesday. There is the possibility of a deformation zone forming over
the southeast zones, bringing the threat of heavy snow bands
developing along this low level boundary. Confidence in the
development, timing and location of such a feature is low at this
point but remains a possibility. As the low moves south the synoptic
flow will shift to the north, ushering in an arctic airmass.
Moisture will be limited in this continental airmass but the
snow-to-liquid ratio will increase dramatically.
These northerly winds will be channeled down the northern valleys,
especially the Okanogan Valley and Purcell Trench. Expect wind
gusts of 30 to 40 mph at times, producing very cold wind chill
temperatures.
By Tuesday night the threat of snow showers will be minimal but
temperatures will continue to plummet. Low temperatures for the
valleys will be in the teens to single digits with little warming
during the day, especially for those locations with fresh snowfall.
The cold and mainly dry conditions will last until at least Thursday
night.
Friday through the weekend...medium range model solutions diverge
for this portion of the extended forecast period. Run-to-run
consistency and model agreement both suffer. For now the weekend
forecast is trended toward climo pops with moderating but still cold
temperatures. /Kelch
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS: IFR cigs and vsby will continue at most TAF sites this
evening. The well advertised system will begin to spread mainly
-shra over the area late tonight with IFR cigs and vis. Precip for
KGEG and KCOE may start out as -SN or -RASN before changing to
rain as warmer air moves in from the south overnight. Steady
precip will continue through around 18Z for KEAT/KMWH and possibly
through 00Z Monday for remaining TAF sites. /EK
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 33 43 36 36 21 23 / 80 100 80 70 30 10
Coeur d'Alene 33 42 36 37 19 21 / 90 100 100 80 30 20
Pullman 36 47 38 39 23 24 / 70 100 80 90 40 30
Lewiston 38 49 41 44 26 28 / 40 90 80 90 50 30
Colville 31 38 33 36 17 20 / 90 100 70 70 30 10
Sandpoint 32 37 35 36 16 18 / 90 100 100 90 30 10
Kellogg 34 40 36 36 15 16 / 90 100 100 100 60 30
Moses Lake 33 47 37 41 24 27 / 50 80 20 10 20 10
Wenatchee 33 42 32 40 23 26 / 60 70 30 10 20 10
Omak 32 39 30 36 16 20 / 60 70 20 10 20 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST Sunday for Central
Panhandle Mountains-Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Lewis
and Southern Nez Perce Counties-Lewiston Area-Northern
Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning from 10 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Monday
for Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning from 10 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Monday
for Central Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST Sunday for East Slopes
Northern Cascades-Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses
Lake Area-Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands-Okanogan
Valley-Spokane Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Washington Palouse-
Waterville Plateau-Wenatchee Area.
Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM PST
Monday for Okanogan Highlands.
Winter Storm Warning from 10 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Monday
for Northeast Mountains.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 6:01 PM PST, 21 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 601 PM PST FRI NOV 29 2013 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-010215- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 601 PM PST FRI NOV 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW FOR UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND OVERPASSES TO REMAIN SLICK AS LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION OCCURS EITHER DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF FOG OR LIGHT FLURRIES AND/OR OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FALLING OUT OF IT. IN ADDITION THE FOG WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY WHICH WILL ADD ADDITIONAL COMPLICATION TO THOSE ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEATHER WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE PASSES...MAINLY ON MONDAY. MOST VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE RAIN ON SUNDAY BUT COOLER AIR WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEYS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR ANY PARTICULAR VALLEY LOCATION CONTINUES TO CARRY HIGH UNCERTAINTY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE MONDAY NIGHT DELIVERING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM ON SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MONDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY...RESULTING IN VERY COLD WIND CHILLS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:54 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 19 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.