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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 28, 2014, 3:12 AM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; 4 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 29, 2014, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 55 hr. 60 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 28, 2014, 3:12 AM PST (11:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2014, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2014, 6:54 AM PST
- In force
- 55 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, Lincoln County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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 29, 4:45 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | Davenport, WA | SNOW STILL FALLING. FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Jan 29, 5:30 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Jan 29, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Jan 29, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Jan 29, 6:20 AM PST | SNOW 1.8 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 5 Ne Lincoln, WA | LOWER ELEVATION ALONG LAKE ROOSEVELT NEAR DEAR MEADOWS. STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.8 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Ssw Rathdrum, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-5 |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.3 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Prichard 3 Ese, ID | |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.3 | Worley Fire District, ID | |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Wnw Alene, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-8 |
| Jan 29, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Haydon, ID | |
| Jan 29, 7:05 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | 8 Se Northport, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-5 |
| Jan 29, 7:20 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ese Grand Coulee, WA | COCORAHS WA-LN-2 |
| Jan 29, 7:32 AM PST | SNOW 2.3 | 6 Wsw Sagle, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-14 |
| Jan 29, 7:45 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Potlatch, ID | STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Jan 29, 7:50 AM PST | SNOW 2 | S Sandpoint, ID | |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 2 E Ione, WA | |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Springdale, WA | |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.3 | Rathdrum, ID | |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 Se Clark Fork, ID | SPOTTER BONNER 61. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. |
| Jan 29, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Fernwood, ID | |
| Jan 29, 8:07 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | St. Maries, ID | |
| Jan 29, 8:15 AM PST | SNOW 1.6 | 3 W Colville, WA | COCORAHS WA-ST-14 |
| Jan 29, 8:53 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ne Loon Lake, WA | FELL SINCE LAST NIGHT. STILL FALLING. |
| Jan 29, 8:53 AM PST | SNOW 3.2 | Spokane, WA | FELL SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Jan 29, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | 5 N Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-30 |
| Jan 29, 9:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 5 Nnw Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-10 |
| Jan 29, 9:34 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | Sandpoint, ID | |
| Jan 30, 4:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.6 | 3 Ese Airway Heights, WA | SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Jan 30, 5:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Sw Clayton, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-ST-1 |
| Jan 30, 5:50 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.8 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Moscow, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-LT-7 |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.1 | Spokane, WA | SPOKANE FIRE STATION 4 |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.4 | 6 W Newport, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 10 Nne Hope, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-BR-22 |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Jan 30, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 6.8 | 3 Nw Albion, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-8 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Clarkia Ranger Station, ID | |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Boundary Dam, WA | |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Ssw Metaline Falls, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-PO-10 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 Ese Grand Coulee, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-LN-2 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.9 | 2 N Moscow, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-LT-1 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.1 | 3 E Spokane, WA | SPOKANE FIRE TRAINING CENTER. |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 4.2 | 12 Sse Priest River, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-BR-15 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 6 Ne Chattaroy, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-SP-24 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Nw Albion, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-6 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sw Dover, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-BR-19 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 4 Ne Deer Park, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-SP-32 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Ene Athol, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-3 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 6.5 | 2 Wsw Deer Park, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-SP-14 |
| Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 9.4 | Prichard, ID | STORM TOTAL, 6.4 INCHES OVERNIGHT. |
| Jan 30, 7:15 AM PST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 Ssw Rathdrum, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-5 |
| Jan 30, 7:20 AM PST | SNOW 6.1 | 1 Nnw Hayden, ID | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS ID-KT-21 |
| Jan 30, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 15 N Davenport, WA | STORM TOTAL. COCORAHS WA-LN-1 |
| Jan 30, 7:30 AM PST | SNOW 4.1 | 6 Sse Cheney, WA | STORM TOTAL. 0.5 INCHES OVERNIGHT. TURNBULL NWR. |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Fernwood, ID | |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Plummer, ID | |
| Jan 30, 8:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.2 | Sandpoint, ID |
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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WWUS46 KOTX 281112 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCREASING SNOW AND POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO RAIN. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ004-281915- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0003.140129T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0500Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING 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 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CAUSING A GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 20 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING NEAR 3500 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ WAZ038-043-281915- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A GLAZE OF ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * HAZARD ELEVATION: SNOW WILL IMPACT ALL ELEVATIONS INITIALLY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INCREASE NEAR 3000 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEY LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE CANADIAN BORDER WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REMAIN ALL SNOW. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-281915- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 2 WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-281915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140128T2100Z-140129T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT AND END SOMETIME EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ031>033-036-281915- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 312 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. SNOW UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR COEUR D'ALENE. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$
16 follow-up statements
539 WWUS46 KOTX 281712 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCREASING SNOW AND POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO RAIN. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ004-290430- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0500Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CAUSING A GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 10 TO 20 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING NEAR 3500 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ WAZ042-290430- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140128T2100Z-140129T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...MOST OF WHICH WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS...AND 3 TO 7 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT AND END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THE CREST THOUGH. * LOCATIONS: PLAIN...STEHEKIN...MAZAMA...LEAVENWORTH...WINTHROP. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-290430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140128T2100Z-140129T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT WILL INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT AND END SOMETIME EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-003-WAZ031>033-036-290430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE... ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH OVER THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. SNOW UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR COEUR D'ALENE. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...CLARKSTON... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-290430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO A GLAZE OF ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A BRIEF TRANSITION TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * HAZARD ELEVATION: SNOW WILL IMPACT ALL ELEVATIONS INITIALLY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INCREASE NEAR 3000 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEY LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE CANADIAN BORDER WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REMAIN ALL SNOW. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-290430- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 912 AM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION TO RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS NEAR HIGHWAY 2 WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$
621 WWUS46 KOTX 290025 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCREASING SNOW AND POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN OVER ALL OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO RAIN. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ003-WAZ031>033-291245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOSTLY OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-291245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...AND LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE CASCADES. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD BEGIN BY MID-EVENING HOWEVER THE THREAT WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND AND END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WAZ036-291245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140130T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.15 INCHES MAINLY SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY MID-EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE THE SNOW WILL LIKELY TURN TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ002-291245- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT SHOULD TURN TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. THERE A CHANCE THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: LAKE LEVEL RISING TO 2500 FEET LATE. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-291245- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON VALLEYS WILL LIKELY SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-291245- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0500Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-291245- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: .10 TO .20 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WILL OCCUR ABOVE THE LEWISTON AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH MAINLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE PLATEAU LEVEL. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-291245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ WAZ042-291245- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 425 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CREST. 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT WILL WANE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THE CREST THOUGH. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
809 WWUS46 KOTX 290107 CCA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCREASING SNOW AND POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WHICH WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN OVER ALL OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO RAIN. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ003-WAZ031>033-291345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOSTLY OVER THE IDAHO PALOUSE AND HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-291345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...AND LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE CASCADES. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD BEGIN BY MID-EVENING HOWEVER THE THREAT WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND AND END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ036-291345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.140129T0300Z-140130T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.15 INCHES MAINLY SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LIGHTER AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY MID-EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE THE SNOW WILL LIKELY TURN TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF SPOKANE. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ IDZ002-291345- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1500Z/ /O.COR.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BUT SHOULD TURN TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. THERE A CHANCE THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * SNOW LEVEL: SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 2500 FEET LATE. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-291345- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0600Z-140130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0600Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING 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 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON VALLEYS WILL LIKELY SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-291345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0500Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ026-027-291345- /O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: .10 TO .20 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WILL OCCUR ABOVE THE LEWISTON AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH MAINLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE PLATEAU LEVEL. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ038-043-291345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0300Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-291345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 505 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 0.10 TO 0.20 INCHES SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CREST. 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT WILL WANE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THE CREST THOUGH. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$
382 WWUS46 KOTX 290454 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM INCREASING SNOW AND POTENTIAL WINTRY MIX... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE INLAND NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING PRECIPITATION WHICH WILL LIKELY FALL AS SNOW OVER MOST AREAS FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTH. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO RAIN. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. WAZ038-043-291500- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.140129T0800Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-291500- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.140129T0700Z-140129T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: .10 TO .20 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WILL OCCUR ABOVE THE LEWISTON AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH MAINLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE PLATEAU LEVEL. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ031>033-291500- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.140129T0700Z-140129T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...*MOSCOW...PLUMMER... POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD... CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOSTLY THE NORTHERN PALOUSE AND HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ036-291500- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0800Z-140130T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES SPOKANE AREA AND 4 TO 7 INCHES COEUR D'ALENE AREA. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-291500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0900Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-291500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0800Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM PST WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-291500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.140129T0900Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON VALLEYS WILL LIKELY SEE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-291500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH AND LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. LESS THAN 1 INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND THEN INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WAZ042-291500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 854 PM PST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATION: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT WILL WANE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THE CREST THOUGH. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
930 WWUS46 KOTX 291053 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS TODAY... .A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND MOIST WARM FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE THREAT WILL WANE DURING THE DAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN AND EITHER ENDS THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION OR CHANGES IT TO SHOWERS. MEANWHILE...UNSTABLE FLOW WILL RESULT IN PROLONGED PRECIPITATION FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ004-291900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS THIS MORNING. 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE A TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE TODAY HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BACK TO VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-291900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER IDAHO. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-291900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON VALLEYS WILL LIKELY SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ WAZ038-043-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE THROUGH THE MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE... NESPELEM... DISAUTEL PASS. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-027-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO .20 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WILL OCCUR ABOVE THE LEWISTON AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH MAINLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE PLATEAU LEVEL. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ031>033-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 0.20 INCHES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOSTLY THE NORTHERN PALOUSE AND HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND BY AFTERNOON CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH AND LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. LESS THAN 1 INCH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * LOCATIONS: WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 2000 FEET. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WAZ042-291800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 253 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * ICE ACCUMULATION: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. * TIMING: SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE THREAT WILL WANE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AT THE CREST THOUGH. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
396 WWUS46 KOTX 291804 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS TODAY... WAZ036-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED EITHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ WAZ038-043-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. $$ WAZ033-291915- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. $$ IDZ004-300215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS TODAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF TO SHOWERS BY MIDDAY. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES VALLEYS AND 2 TO 3 INCHES MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: A BREAK IN THE PERSISTENT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP BY AFTERNOON AS A BAND MOVES SOUTH FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ IDZ026-027-292100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE IF ANY. IF ANY OCCURS IT WILL BE QUITE LOCALIZED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH MAINLY ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. * LOCATIONS: KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2000 FEET RISING TO ABOVE PLATEAU LEVEL. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD INCREASE THE RISK FOR ICY ROADWAYS...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ031-032-292100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...BUT MAINLY ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE GROUND BY AFTERNOON CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO MAINLY RAIN. * LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...ANATONE... PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...PULLMAN...COLFAX... ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN... POMEROY... ALPOWA SUMMIT. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WAZ042-300000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1004 AM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATION: LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE CREST...WITH MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE LOWER METHOW AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR THE CREST THROUGH THE DAY. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
636 WWUS46 KOTX 292009 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS TODAY... IDZ002-292115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING. $$ IDZ026-027-292115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD... KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO THE POINT THAT WIDESPREAD SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ IDZ003-WAZ031-032-292115- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140129T2100Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD... POMEROY...ALPOWA SUMMIT 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. $$ IDZ004-300415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS TODAY WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE VALLEYS AND CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300415- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES VALLEYS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER AND 2 TO 3 INCHES MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINS WILL SEE 6 TO 11 INCHES TOTAL THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THIS AREAS AS A BAND OF SNOW MOVES SOUTH FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE THREAT OF MODERATE VALLEY SNOW WILL WANE LATE WEDNESDAY HOWEVER IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$ WAZ042-300000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN 1209 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * ICE ACCUMULATION: LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE CREST...WITH MUCH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER THE LOWER METHOW AND WENATCHEE VALLEYS. * TIMING: SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR THE CREST THROUGH THE DAY. * LOCATIONS: LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN... CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * IMPACTS: A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
512 WWUS46 KOTX 300008 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 408 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS TODAY... WAZ042-300115- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140130T0000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN 408 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...MAINLY NEAR THE CREST...THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT. $$ IDZ004-300815- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 408 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT WITH 3 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. MEANWHILE PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-300815- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 408 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES VALLEYS THIS EVENING AND 1 TO 3 INCHES MOUNTAINS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SURFACES WILL LIKELY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * 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. && $$
113 WWUS46 KOTX 300433 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 833 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY... IDZ001-WAZ037-300545- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 833 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF OVER THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE. LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$ IDZ004-301500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 833 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$
384 WWUS46 KOTX 300747 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1147 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY... IDZ004-301830- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1147 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH STORM TOTALS RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-301800- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.140130T0747Z-140130T1800Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1147 PM PST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY ABOVE 2500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THREE TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD * HAZARD ELEVATION: THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ABOVE 2500 FEET ELEVATION. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. 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. && $$
306 WWUS46 KOTX 301624 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 824 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 IDZ004-310130- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 824 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH NEAR 6 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036>038-310130- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...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 824 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 20S. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...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...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. 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. && $$ IDZ027-310130- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 824 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
647 WWUS46 KOTX 301937 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1137 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 IDZ004-310345- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1137 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING FOR THE VALLEYS...WITH NEAR 6 INCHES FOR THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036>038-310345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD... REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1137 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE MID 20S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA... CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD... SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-310345- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE... WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1137 AM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: WEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE LOWER 30S. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS: CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW LEVEL: 2500 FEET. * HAZARD ELEVATION: ABOVE 2500 FEET. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. 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. && $$
603 WWUS46 KOTX 310221 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 621 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 IDZ001-027-WAZ037-038-310330- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 621 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DECREASED OVER NORTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. $$ IDZ004-310600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 621 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS: KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * IMPACTS: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER TRAVEL SURFACES...MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE PASSES. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-310600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 621 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE... CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
856 WWUS46 KOTX 310531 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 931 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 IDZ002-WAZ036-310645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140131T0600Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 931 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT AND CONFINED MOSTLY TO AREAS SOUTH OF SPOKANE. $$ IDZ004-311500- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 931 PM PST THU JAN 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST FRIDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND UP TO 1 INCH ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS: DEARY...CLARKIA * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS..MAKING TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS AND SLOW. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
731 WWUS46 KOTX 311101 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 301 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 IDZ004-311500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 301 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS: CLARKIA...CALDER...AVERY...LOOKOUT PASS * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 50 FROM ST MARIES TO CALDER TO AVERY. * 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. && $$
256 WWUS46 KOTX 311454 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 654 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE CANCELLED... IDZ004-311600- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140131T1500Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 654 AM PST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL IDAHO PAHANDLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE UP TO AN INCH IN THE DEARY...CLARKIA...AND AVERY AREAS. $$
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 28, 2:52 AM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:52 AM PST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
252 AM PST Tue Jan 28 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
The weather will deteriorate into a wintry mix of precipitation as
a moist pacific storm system over-runs the stagnant low level
clouds and fog by this afternoon. Rain...Snow and the potential
for freezing rain will make driving conditions increasingly
hazardous around the region tonight and Wednesday. A gradual
improvement to simply cool and showery conditions will begin on
Thursday. Cool and unsettled conditions will continue through next
weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE INLAND NORTHWEST
THROUGH THURSDAY
Today through Wednesday: Following an extended dry
period...winter weather will return to the Inland NW over the next
two days. Forecast preferred the 00z GFS model for guidance and to
increase confidence further, the NAM, ECMWF, and GEM were more or
less in agreement this evening or at least trending this
direction.
The first wave of moisture associated with a warm frontal occlusion
is currently crossing the Cascades. Light rain fell across the
west side with this feature but this will not be the case east of
the Cascades as the air mass will take some time to saturate and
the front will be losing its structure as the shortwave driving
this feature continues northward along the BC Coast.
Following close on its heels is a very strong jet, plume of
subtropical moisture, and developing low pressure system. GOES
sounding derived winds estimated 180kt winds in the core of this
jet and a baroclinic leaf is beginning to surface via satellite
data. PWATS within this plume are around 1.5". The moisture will
begin to spread into the Inland Northwest through the afternoon
with the potential for very light precipitation near the Cascades
this morning and early afternoon. The deeper moisture will arrive
this evening with the strongest lift/moisture producing the heaviest
precipitation accumulations during the overnight. This will likely
result in a messy Wednesday commute. Precipitation will linger
across the north and east Wednesday afternoon but increasing
westerly flow and a dry slot punching into southern WA will bring
an abrupt drying trend in the lee of the Cascades and much of the
Basin. We have made some rather large changes to the previous
forecast which include increasing PoPs, QPF, and snow amounts
across most locations including the lee of the Cascades and
northern valleys. Given the trajectory of this system, rich
moisture, and large shield of isentropically driven precipitation,
these processes will be enough to eliminate the Cascade rain
shadow for a few hours late evening/overnight to result in light
to moderate precipitation for all locations. As such, winter
weather advisories have been expanded all northern zones and we
made need to add the East Slopes later on.
Snow: Widespread 1-3" of snow will be possible across the valleys
north of Hwy 2. South of Hwy 2...snowfall amounts will range
between a trace and two inches with the timing of transition to
rain a large factor. Moderate to heavy snow will fall across the
Central Panhandle Mtns with 3 to 5 inches possible in the valleys
and up to a foot in the mountains. These totals will increase some
with additional snowfall on Thursday. The Camas Prairie, WA
Palouse, L-C Valley, and Blue Mtns will receive very little snow
with a transition to rain.
Freezing Rain: The highest probability for freezing rain will exist
across the East Slopes (south of Lake Chelan), Wenatchee Valley,
and into the Western Basin. With QPF amounts increased, there is
the potential for more icing than previously thought. However,
temperatures are not extremely cold there right now with most
locations flirting around 30F. Temperature trends this afternoon
will need to monitored closely and if these locations were to
becoming warmer, then the freezing rain potential could decrease
significantly. One area we did expand the freezing rain threat was
into the East Slopes at locations like Plain, Blewett Pass, and
Leavenworth. The melting level will be rather high (770-850mb)
suggesting locations below 5000' would be susceptible and this
could also impact travel across mountain passes. On another note,
this melting level could be high enough to support mix of sleet,
snow, and freezing rain for locations in the Wenatchee Valley-
Moses Lake area. This will be an evolving and messy situation./sb
Wednesday night through Friday...The weather will gradually quiet
down during this period as the Wednesday Pacific moisture fetch
hosing slumps off to the south and becomes directed into the Great
Basin. Still...the general pattern after the moisture tap is
turned off will consist of a broad open surface low pressure
over the forecast area with increasingly northwest flow in the mid
levels as a broad and shallow upper level trough carves into the
northwest out of Canada. Eventually a new Polar continental air
mass will begin to bleed dry air down the northern gaps and into
the basin most noticeably on Friday.
Thus...sensible weather will remain seasonably cool through the
period with an increasingly orographic bias to the waning precipitation
field. Thursday night snow levels will decrease so that lingering
precipitation by Thursday morning will be pretty much all snow
showers...and remain so through Friday although areal coverage of
these showers will become increasingly confined to the mountains
north and east of the basin. Significant snow accumulations will
continue over the Idaho Panhandle mountains and near the Cascade
Crest while the basin becomes dry or subject to just isolated and
stray light snow showers. /Fugazzi
Friday night through Monday...For the weekend the region will be
under northwest flow aloft but the energy and moisture will be
split with the bulk of it circling a closed low off northern CA. The
northern stream will gradually drop down from central BC but will
have little effect before Sunday and this will probably be just some
light snow for the northern and eastern mountains. A better chance
of accumulating snow will be Monday into Tuesday as a more
consolidated system takes aim at the region. This one appears to
have a better tap into Pacific moisture but a Day 8 forecast is
fraught with uncertainty. There is higher confidence in a cooling
trend for temperatures as northerly flow becomes established over
the weekend. /Kelch
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFs: The general prolonged period of IFR ceilings from
stratus lingering in valleys continues until a low pressure system
passage brings a wintry mix, including some freezing rain in some
locations in the Columbia Basin and vicinity, starting roughly
near 22Z Tuesday near KEAT to about 01Z Wednesday for KGEG and
vicinity. Patchy fog in the usual favorable spots will continue to
be a problem as well as some trace precipitation type leaking out
of the stratus such as light freezing drizzle, drizzle, and flurries.
/Pelatti
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 30 28 35 29 33 25 / 10 100 90 50 40 20
Coeur d'Alene 31 28 34 30 36 24 / 10 90 100 50 50 30
Pullman 33 30 39 32 37 28 / 10 90 100 60 50 40
Lewiston 36 34 42 35 41 30 / 10 80 90 30 40 30
Colville 30 29 34 28 35 22 / 10 80 80 40 40 20
Sandpoint 31 27 33 29 34 23 / 10 80 100 60 50 40
Kellogg 31 29 34 29 34 25 / 10 90 100 70 70 50
Moses Lake 33 27 41 30 39 27 / 30 80 30 10 20 10
Wenatchee 32 28 38 30 37 27 / 30 80 30 10 20 20
Omak 32 27 35 28 36 24 / 30 90 60 20 20 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning for Coeur
d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Lewiston Area-Northern Panhandle.
Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 7 AM PST
Wednesday for Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse.
Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM PST
Thursday for Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning from 9 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Thursday
for Central Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Air Stagnation Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning 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 7 PM this evening to 10 AM PST
Wednesday for Okanogan Highlands-Okanogan Valley.
Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 7 AM PST
Wednesday for Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Northeast
Blue Mountains-Spokane Area-Washington Palouse.
Winter Weather Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST
Wednesday for Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Waterville Plateau-Wenatchee Area.
Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM PST
Thursday for Northeast Mountains.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 5:58 AM PST, 21 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 IDZ001-026-027-WAZ031-032-037-038-043-281400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIGHT AT THIS TIME HOWEVER SNOW COVERED ROADS DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD LEAD TO SLICK ROADWAYS AND POTENTIAL DELAYS. ON AND OFF SNOW SHOWERS AND POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY. IDZ002>004-WAZ033-036-042-281400- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. THIS COULD LEAD TO A MESSY WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS MOUNTAIN PASSES. THOSE WITH TRAVEL INTEREST ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE FORECAST AND PLAN ON WINTRY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ON AND OFF SNOW SHOWERS AND POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY. WAZ034-035-041-044-281400- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 558 AM PST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT AND CARRY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME... AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE LIGHT HOWEVER ROADWAYS COULD BE VERY SLICK DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
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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.