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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 8, 2014, 4:34 AM PST for 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 8, 2014, 1:00 PM PST. It was in force for 21 hr. 4 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
- Jan 8, 2014, 4:34 AM PST (12:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 8, 2014, 1:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2014, 9:47 AM PST
- In force
- 21 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
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 5:06 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Nw Sandpoint, ID | SCHWEITZER SKI RESORT |
| Jan 9, 5:23 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 S Mullan, ID | LOOKOUT PASS SKI RESORT |
| Jan 9, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 10 Nne Hope, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-22 |
| Jan 9, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Sw Dover, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-19 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844 WWUS46 KOTX 081234 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 434 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AROUND REPUBLIC... COLVILLE...AND DEER PARK. BY LATE IN THE DAY...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. BY THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. IDZ001-082045- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.140108T2000Z-140109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.140108T2100Z-140110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 434 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: AS LOW AS THE VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING...AND ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-082045- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.140108T2000Z-140109T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.140108T2100Z-140110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 434 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 TO 3500 FEET TONIGHT...FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE TODAY...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ037-038-082045- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140108T2100Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 434 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: AS LOW AS THE VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS BY EARLY EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW-COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ WAZ031-082045- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140109T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 434 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. RIDGE TOP GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
438 WWUS46 KOTX 081833 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...SNOW EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AROUND REPUBLIC... COLVILLE... AND DEER PARK. BY LATE IN THE DAY...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. BY THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. IDZ001-090245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.140108T2100Z-140110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING...AND ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-090245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.140108T2100Z-140110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 13 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-090245- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140108T2100Z-140109T1500Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 5 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS APPROACHING THE CREST. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS APPROACHING STEVENS PASS AND LOUP LOUP PASS BY EARLY EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW- COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-090245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140108T2100Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS BY EARLY EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW-COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ031-090245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140109T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 1033 AM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. 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. && $$
885 WWUS46 KOTX 082244 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AROUND REPUBLIC... COLVILLE... AND DEER PARK. BY LATE IN THE DAY...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...INCLUDING THE BONNERS FERRY AND SANDPOINT AREAS. BY THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE MAY REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. IDZ001-090645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AND CEASE ACCUMULATING SOUTH OF SANDPOINT LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING...AND ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-090645- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000 FEET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-090645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW-COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-090645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS APPROACHING THE CREST. * HAZARD ELEVATION: HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS MAKING ROADS SLIPPERY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS APPROACHING STEVENS PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS AND BLEWETT PASS THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW- COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ WAZ031-090645- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.140109T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 244 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
692 WWUS46 KOTX 090050 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED AROUND MOSES LAKE. BY THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. IDZ001-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL INTENSIFY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: VALLEY FLOORS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AND CEASE ACCUMULATING SOUTH OF SANDPOINT LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING...AND ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140110T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 6 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000 FEET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-090600- /O.NEW.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.140109T0050Z-140109T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES: UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOSES LAKE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY SLICK IN PLACES THIS EVENING DUE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. DRIVERS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND WATCH FOR ICY 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 FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ037-038-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW-COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS APPROACHING THE CREST. * HAZARD ELEVATION: HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL ABOVE 3000 FEET...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS MAKING ROADS SLIPPERY. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS APPROACHING STEVENS PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS AND BLEWETT PASS THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW- COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ WAZ031-090900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 450 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
169 WWUS46 KOTX 090408 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED AROUND MOSES LAKE. BY THURSDAY MORNING...ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL LIKELY RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WITH AS MUCH AS A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY. WAZ034-090515- /O.CAN.KOTX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T0600Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. FREEZING RAIN HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED AROUND THE MOSES LAKE AREA AND THUS THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ001-091215- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-091215- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOORS THURSDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: 3500 FEET LOWERING TO VALLEY FLOORS. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ WAZ037-038-091215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL LIKELY BE SNOW-COVERED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-091215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT NEAR THE CREST...TAPERING OFF AWAY FROM THE CASCADE CREST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE HIGHER VALLEYS APPROACHING THE CREST. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. 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. && $$ WAZ031-091215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 808 PM PST WED JAN 8 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS TONIGHT WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING AT ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
792 WWUS46 KOTX 091156 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 356 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 WAZ037-038-042-091300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 356 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS DECREASED OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON INCLUDING THE COLVILLE...DEER PARK...AND REPUBLIC AREAS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES WILL ALSO BE MINOR THIS MORNING. $$ IDZ001-091500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 356 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 356 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM...ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS: MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$ WAZ031-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 356 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. * LOCATIONS: PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET. * IMPACTS: THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MAINLY HIGH ELEVATION LOCATIONS. SNOW LEVELS THIS MORNING WILL FALL BELOW 3000 FEET...BUT THE BIGGEST SNOW TOTALS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE ABOVE 4000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
389 WWUS46 KOTX 091339 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 539 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 IDZ001-091445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1500Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD 539 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING AROUND BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST LAKE...AND SANDPOINT WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ WAZ031-091445- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD 539 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ IDZ004-091800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 539 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: BETWEEN 5 AM AND 10 AM...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DECREASE TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE MORNING. * LOCATIONS: OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. * 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. && $$
332 WWUS46 KOTX 091747 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 947 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 IDZ004-091900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140109T1800Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 947 AM PST THU JAN 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. $$
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 Jan 8, 3:05 AM PST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:05 AM PST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
305 AM PST Wed Jan 8 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A weak upper level disturbance will exit the Inland Northwest this
morning. Another more vigorous system will bring widespread
precipitation and locally heavy snow to the region tonight. A
much stronger storm will likely arrive on Saturday and bring windy
conditions and high mountain snow.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
...HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND
NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...THEN STRONG WINDS LIKELY SATURDAY...
Today: A weak upper level disturbance will depart this morning
followed by a more vigorous storm system later today. Look for
light snow to become less organized this morning into early this
afternoon as a 500mb trough currently (2AM) over eastern Oregon
moves into southern Idaho by noon today. The main axis of mid-
level deformation will exit with the departure of the 500mb
trough. Some light bands of snow or drizzle may persist late into
the morning and into early afternoon. Model soundings forecast a
good deal of moisture in the lowest 6-8 thousand feet of the
atmosphere today along with some weak to moderate warm advection
between 850-700mb. Large-scale lift will increase by mid afternoon
as the next storm system approaches the coast. Fortunately, by the
mid to late afternoon hours, places like Moses Lake, Othello, and
Ritzville should be above freezing. Good news since the NAM and
GFS suggest an elevated warm layer over central Washington with
the next slug of moisture.
Tonight and Tomorrow (Thurs): A negatively tilted trough will move
inland this evening bringing widespread precipitation to the
region. Strong warm, moist advection will be enhanced by positive
differential vorticity advection this evening. An 850mb baroclinic
zone is expected to hang up near the Highway 2 corridor enhancing
lift over the northern half of Washington into the north Idaho
Panhandle. Several hours of low level southeast winds should
produce one of the best snows of the season so far for the East
Slopes of the Northern Cascades. The duration of the upslope flow
won't be particularly long (approximately 6hrs). Places like
Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee should receive 3 to 6
inches of snow. Much needed moisture during a very dry winter. The
Wenatchee area will have a chance at receiving the first
1-2 inch snow of the season. Further east, snow levels will likely
rise quickly this afternoon and evening bringing rain or wet-non
accumulating snow to Pullman, Ritzville and southern Spokane and
southern Lincoln counties. It appears that locations north of
Wilbur, Deer Park, and Rathdrum will receive snow this evening
into Thursday morning. Winter Weather Advisories have been issued
for 1 to 4 inch amounts around Republic, Colville, Metaline Falls
and Newport. The Sandpoint, Priest Lake and Bonners Ferry areas
may receive a few more hours of light to moderate snow into
Thursday morning so these areas are now under a Winter Storm
Warning for 3 to 6 inch amounts. Elevations above 3000 feet in
Shoshone county will likely receive 8 to 12 inches of snow, and
elevations above 4000 feet in the Blue Mountains could get up to 9
inches.
Thursday Night: Breezy conditions are expected over much of
eastern Washington Thursday night and temperatures should remain
relatively mild. A building upper ridge along with the core of the
upper level jet migrating across the Cascades is worth noting.
This pattern is notorious for producing strong winds over the
Cascade ridge tops and occasionally will produce strong winds into
the valleys around Lake Chelan, Wenatchee and Waterville. /GKoch
Friday through Sunday night: More active winter weather is
expected for the weekend across the Inland Northwest with warming
temperatures, wet weather and gusty winds. Friday will start off
benign with mainly mountain orographic snow showers under an
unstable northwest flow aloft. Bumped up surface winds slightly as
low level westerly flow looks to mix to the surface with locally
gusty winds while the mixing looks to yield slightly higher
daytime temperatures. Next, will be awaiting the stronger Pacific
storm system and the arrival of a moist warm front that is
expected to sweep east of the Cascades and across the region
Friday evening and overnight. Winds will back to the south and
increase while snow levels rise. Some of the sheltered northern
valleys may stay protected from the wind and experience pockets of
snow as the warm front nears. Meanwhile precipitation chances will
increase dramatically and the warming coupled with isentropic lift
will lead to moderate rain with high mountain snow. The warm front
will press across north Idaho by Saturday morning, while a cold
front quickly moves in from the coast to the Cascades. There is the
potential for a strong wind event with the arrival of the cold
front Saturday afternoon as 850mb winds have been advertised to
be near 50kt or more over the Inland northwest. The GFS has been
the more robust model, but the speeds have moderated a bit with
the majority of the models a range of 5 to 15kts of the GFS
solution. The forecast wind speeds have been bumped up slightly
while mountain qpf has been raised across extreme northeast
Washington, the Cascade crest and north Idaho. Behind the cold
front, snow levels will lower, finally reaching the valley floors
by early Sunday morning. An unstable northwest flow with
orographic snow showers will continue near the Cascade crest and
north Idaho on late Saturday night into Sunday, while low level
winds subside slightly. The models show another warm front,
slightly weaker moving into the region Sunday night with a
resurgence of of southwest winds and milder temperatures. /rfox.
Monday through Wednesday night...Northwest flow over the Inland
Northwest will flatten out through the middle of next week, the
region being on the periphery of any incoming storm systems. There
will be little change each day, with perhaps Monday seeing a
little more precipitation over the Idaho panhandle. Temperatures
that are a few degrees on the warm side of normal should keep any
precipitation liquid (the non-frozen kind) in the valleys and snow
for the mountains. Most valley locations will remain dry through
Wednesday, as the precipitation remains mainly anchored over the
higher terrain.
The winds may continue to be an issue for Monday, and then
weakening as we get into Monday night and Tuesday. Gusts up to 30
mph in the deep Basin into the West Plains and the Washington
Palouse are possible Monday, with even higher gusts expected over
the ridge-tops. ty
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: Look for IFR/MVFR for most of the area through 06z Thursday
except KLWS where mainly VFR conditions are expected. One weak
system will exit the area tonight before a stronger one enters late
Wednesday afternoon and evening. The lower atmosphere will continue
to moisten through 12z Wednesday as an area of light snow moves over
the region...mixed with rain around KLWS. KEAT/KMWH will be drying
out 6-7z but areas of stratus will be on the increase. IFR CIGS will
be most prevalent tonight around KGEG/KSFF/KCOE with low level
upslope flow into these areas combined with light snow falling.
Look for an increase in rain and snow over the region with IFR/MVFR
conditions for most TAF sites Wednesday afternoon/evening. JW
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 34 33 36 31 37 34 / 70 100 40 20 20 80
Coeur d'Alene 34 33 38 31 38 33 / 70 100 50 30 20 90
Pullman 39 34 38 32 39 35 / 60 100 40 40 30 70
Lewiston 42 37 44 33 42 37 / 40 80 20 40 30 60
Colville 31 30 35 28 35 32 / 70 100 40 20 20 90
Sandpoint 32 31 37 29 37 34 / 80 100 90 40 30 90
Kellogg 33 31 35 29 35 32 / 80 100 90 50 50 100
Moses Lake 34 30 39 32 41 35 / 60 80 10 10 20 40
Wenatchee 32 31 38 33 39 33 / 50 80 20 10 20 40
Omak 30 26 33 29 35 30 / 70 90 10 10 10 60
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Warning from 1 PM this afternoon to 4 PM PST
Thursday for Central Panhandle Mountains.
Winter Storm Warning from 1 PM this afternoon to 4 PM PST
Thursday for Northern Panhandle.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM PST
Thursday for Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands.
Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM PST
Thursday for Northeast Blue Mountains.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 2:37 PM PST, 13 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 2014 IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>036-041-043-044-082245- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 2014 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SERIES OF PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THE STRONGEST STORM EXPECTED ON SATURDAY MAY PROMOTE VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN. IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-042-082245- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 237 PM PST TUE JAN 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND RESULT IN LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SERIES OF PACIFIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL RESULT IN VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. A STORM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. A STRONGER STORM ON SATURDAY MAY BRING AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND 1 TO 2 FEET NEAR THE CASCADE CREST BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
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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.