Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 3, 2015, 3:40 PM PST for 6 counties in Idaho; 10 counties in Washington. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2015, 3:40 PM PST (23:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2015, 12:00 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2015, 3:02 PM PST
- In force
- 39 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, Asotin County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Garfield County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Pend Oreille County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Stevens County, WA, Whitman County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 4, 4:30 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 6 E Spokane, WA | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 4:39 PM PST | SNOW 5 | Mead, WA | REPORT VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 4:45 PM PST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 Sw Sandpoint, ID | NEAR FEDERAL BLDG. REPORT AND PHOTO VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 4, 5:00 PM PST | SNOW 6 | Priest River, ID | 8 MILES UP HWY57. VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 4, 5:09 PM PST | SNOW 5 | 2 S Spokane, WA | KREM |
| Jan 4, 5:17 PM PST | SNOW 12 | Worley, ID | NORTH OF WORLEY. REPORT AND PHOTO VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 4, 5:45 PM PST | SNOW 6 | 5 E Spokane, WA | SPOKANE VALLEY VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 Nw Spokane, WA | VIA FACEBOOK IN NORTH INDIAN TRAIL |
| Jan 4, 6:00 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Green Acres, WA | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 6:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Sandpoint, ID | VIA FACEBOOK. SANDPOINT NEAR HWY2 |
| Jan 4, 6:54 PM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 8 Se Northport, WA | VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 4, 7:10 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 11 Nw Spokane, WA | 3 INCHES OVER THE LAST 9 HOURS. 4 MILES W OF NINE MILE DAM |
| Jan 4, 7:10 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Bonners Ferry, ID | SPOTTER BOUNDARY8 |
| Jan 4, 7:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Medical Lake, WA | VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jan 4, 7:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Tyler, WA | BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOW. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE NOW FALLING. |
| Jan 4, 7:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nne Moscow, ID | 1 INCH OVERNIGHT...5 INCHES SO FAR TODAY WITH SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Jan 4, 7:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Colbert, WA | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 7:38 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Spirit Lake, ID | VIA FACEBOOK. SNOW STILL COMING DOWN |
| Jan 4, 7:58 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Post Falls, ID | VIA FACEBOOK. STILL SNOWING |
| Jan 4, 8:29 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Sandpoint, ID | |
| Jan 4, 8:47 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Spirit Lake, ID | VIA FACEBOOK. 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Jan 4, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 3.3 | 10 Nw Kettle Falls, WA | SPOTTER FERRY 11 |
| Jan 4, 9:44 PM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 18 Nw Bonners Ferry, ID | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 9:44 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Huetter, ID | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 9:44 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Newman Lake, WA | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 10:40 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | 8 Se Northport, WA | SNOW STARTED AROUND 8AM. SNOW HAS ENDED AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Jan 4, 10:51 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Moyie Springs, ID | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM PST | SNOW 1.6 | Davenport, WA | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Prichard, ID | POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA. |
| Jan 4, 11:19 PM PST | SNOW 1.2 | Chilco, WA | CORRECTION. THE PREVIOUS REPORT OF 11.2 INCHES WAS IN ERROR. |
| Jan 4, 11:19 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 11.2 | Chief Joseph Dam, WA | |
| Jan 4, 11:28 PM PST | SNOW 4 | 11 Ese Bonners Ferry, ID | SINCE 8PM WITH 9 INCHES ON GROUND |
| Jan 5, 12:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.4 | Spokane Nws, WA | |
| Jan 5, 12:05 AM PST | SNOW 6.5 | Nw Blanchard, ID | |
| Jan 5, 1:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Bayview, ID | DAMAGE REPORTED TO MULTIPLE FLOAT HOMES AND ONE BOAT SHED IN THE BAYVIEW MARINA. COMBINATION OF WEIGHT OF SNOW AND RAIN WEIGHTED SNOW CAUSED FLOAT HOMES TO TIP AND FILL WITH WATER. BOAT SHED COLLAPSED UNDER WEIGHT OF SNOW WITH AT LEAST ONE BOAT UNDER THE STRUC |
| Jan 5, 5:30 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 4 E Spirit Lake, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-1 |
| Jan 5, 5:39 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Sandpoint, ID | VIA FACEBOOK |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Nnw Oroville, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-5 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 6 Ne Elk, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-1 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.1 | 6 W Newport, WA | COCORAHS WA-PO-9 |
| Jan 5, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 10 Nne Hope, ID | COCORAHS ID-BR-22 |
| Jan 5, 6:15 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-11 |
| Jan 5, 6:32 AM PST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 5 N Winthrop, WA | |
| Jan 5, 6:32 AM PST | SNOW 17.5 | S Sandpoint, ID | |
| Jan 5, 6:59 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Albeni Falls, WA | |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.1 | 1 N East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-3 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.1 | 2 Nne East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-16 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | 2 E East Wenatchee, WA | COCORAHS WA-DG-18 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.7 | 6 Ne Chattaroy, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-24 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.8 | Heyburn S.P., ID | |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 4 Ne Deer Park, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-32 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 N Winthrop, WA | COCORAHS WA-OK-20 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Colfax, WA | |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 S Spokane, WA | COCORAHS WA-SP-4 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3.6 | Se Thornton, WA | COCORAHS WA-WM-10 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 Ene Kellogg, ID | COCORAHS ID-SH-1 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Fields Spring S.P., WA | |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nnw Hayden, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-21 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 1 Ssw Rathdrum, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-5 |
| Jan 5, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Potlatch, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980 WWUS46 KOTX 032340 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .A RICH SUPPLY OF MOISTURE WILL ENTER THE REGION BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN MOST VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ042-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE IN MAINLY THE UPPER PORTION OF THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 16 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000-6500 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 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...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING FROM INCHELIUM TO SANDPOINT SOUTHWARD. RISING TO 1300 TO 2000 FEET NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * 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. && $$ WAZ036-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T1400Z-150105T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 TO 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T1400Z-150105T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 2 TO 4 INCHES...ABOVE 3000 FEET 7 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH IN THE DURING THE DAY...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND POSSIBLE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RISING FURTHER TO 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-040815- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0001.150104T1400Z-150105T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES OVER IDAHO. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES LA CROSSE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN FOR THE PULLMAN/MOSCOW AREAS SUNDAY EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY BE MIXED IN OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. * HAZARD ELEVATION... ABOVE 2000 FEET. 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. && $$ WAZ043-040815- /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTEROON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-040815- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ 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 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MIXTURE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-040815- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 340 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOVE 3000 FEET 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY EVENING AND 4000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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257 WWUS46 KOTX 040605 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .A RICH SUPPLY OF MOISTURE WILL ENTER THE REGION BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN MOST VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ042-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T0800Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE IN MAINLY THE UPPER PORTION OF THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 16 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000-6500 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING FROM INCHELIUM TO SANDPOINT SOUTHWARD. RISING TO 1300 TO 2000 FEET NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN IDAHO. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... BUT REMAIN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 3000 TO 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 2 TO 5 INCHES...ABOVE 3000 FEET 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH IN THE DURING THE DAY...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND POSSIBLE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... RISING FURTHER TO 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES IN IDAHO. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES LA CROSSE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN FOR THE PULLMAN/MOSCOW AREAS SUNDAY EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY BE MIXED IN OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. * HAZARD ELEVATION... ABOVE 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MIXTURE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-041715- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.150104T1500Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 1005 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOVE 3000 FEET 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY EVENING AND 4000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER 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. && $$
207 WWUS46 KOTX 041710 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A RICH SUPPLY OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF REGION. THE SNOW MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN MOST VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. WAZ042-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY IN THE VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE IN MAINLY THE UPPER PORTION OF THE METHOW VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 16 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000-6500 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 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...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... 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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING FROM INCHELIUM TO SANDPOINT SOUTHWARD. RISING TO 1300 TO 2000 FEET NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN IDAHO. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MORNING MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... BUT REMAIN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 2 TO 5 INCHES...ABOVE 3000 FEET 6 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH IN THE DURING THE DAY...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND POSSIBLE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... RISING FURTHER TO 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES IN IDAHO. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES LA CROSSE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVERNIGHT...WITH A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO RAIN FOR THE PULLMAN/MOSCOW AREAS THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY BE MIXED IN OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. * HAZARD ELEVATION... ABOVE 2000 FEET. 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. && $$ WAZ043-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ 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 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS MIXTURE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-050115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 910 AM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOVE 3000 FEET 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY EVENING AND 4000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
479 WWUS46 KOTX 050055 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A MOISTURE-LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AS WELL AS THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. MILDER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH WILL ALSO BRING POSSIBLE SNOW MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND AROUND THE SHELTERED MOUNTAIN VALLEYS NEAR THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN MOST VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. WAZ042-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 16 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN VALLEYS ALONG SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE TOWARD THE UPPER METHOW VALLEY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WINTON TO STEVENS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATION ON POWERLINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000-6500 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 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...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... 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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 7 TO 13 INCHES...EXCEPT 3 TO 7 SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHESAW TO KELLER OVER FAR EASTERN OKANOGAN AND SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY. IN THE MOUNTAINS...12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INCHELIUM TO CHEWELAH TO USK TO SANDPOINT * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. OVERNIGHT...ALONG AND SOUTH OF FROM INCHELIUM TO CHEWELAH TO NEWPORT TO EAST HOPE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN AROUND SANDPOINT BY MONDAY MORNING AS WELL. MID-MONDAY TO MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN...LIMITING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST VALLEYS BY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING FROM INCHELIUM TO SANDPOINT SOUTHWARD. RISING TO 1300 TO 2000 FEET NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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-WAZ036-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES OVER IDAHO. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MORNING MORNING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MIX WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE SILVER VALLEY AND AROUND THE ST JOE RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES...ABOVE 3000 FEET 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH IN THE DURING THE DAY...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND POSSIBLE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... RISING FURTHER TO 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 7 INCHES IN IDAHO. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES LA CROSSE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. * HAZARD ELEVATION... ABOVE 2000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * 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. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE SUNDAY EVENING...WITH MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE INTO MONDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-050900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 455 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOVE 3000 FEET 3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY EVENING AND 4000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER 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. && $$
757 WWUS46 KOTX 050407 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY... .A MOISTURE-LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AS WELL AS THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. MILDER AIR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH WILL ALSO BRING SNOW MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND AROUND THE SHELTERED MOUNTAIN VALLEYS NEAR THE CASCADES. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN MOST VALLEYS BY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. WAZ042-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 8 TO 16 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN VALLEYS SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE TOWARD THE UPPER METHOW VALLEY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF WINTON TO STEVENS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWERLINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 3000-6500 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-051230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 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...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... 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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 7 TO 13 INCHES...EXCEPT 3 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHESAW TO KELLER OVER FAR EASTERN OKANOGAN AND SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY. IN THE MOUNTAINS... 12 TO 24 INCHES. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INCHELIUM TO CHEWELAH TO USK TO SANDPOINT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM INCHELIUM TO CHEWELAH TO NEWPORT TO EAST HOPE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED AFFECT THE SANDPOINT AREA BY MONDAY MORNING AS WELL. MID-MONDAY TO MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN...LIMITING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN MOST VALLEYS BY AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING FROM INCHELIUM TO SANDPOINT SOUTHWARD. RISING TO 1300 TO 2000 FEET NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ IDZ002-WAZ036-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS... HAYDEN...WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES OVER IDAHO. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-051230- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS 12 TO 24 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO...OR MIX WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE SILVER VALLEY AND AROUND THE ST JOE RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ031-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA... MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...ANATONE...PEOLA...MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES...ABOVE 3000 FEET 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAY...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND POSSIBLE POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... RISING FURTHER TO 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 7 INCHES IN IDAHO. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PULLMAN AND MOSCOW. ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET WHICH INCLUDES LA CROSSE ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY EVENING...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND TRAVEL MAY REMAIN DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. * HAZARD ELEVATION... ABOVE 2000 FEET. 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. && $$ WAZ043-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ 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 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4 ON THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY EVENING...MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MONDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-051200- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT... NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD 807 PM PST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER... SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BELOW 3000 FEET 1 TO 3 INCHES. ABOVE 3000 FEET 3 TO 6 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO A POSSIBLE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 3000 FEET. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...RISING TO 3000 FEET SUNDAY EVENING AND 4000 TO 6000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
894 WWUS46 KOTX 051110 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN TODAY... .RICH MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION TODAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES HAVE CROSSED INTO THE EASTERN BASIN AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS NORTH A LINE FROM SANDPOINT TO REPUBLIC WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO RAIN. COOLER AIR REMAINS TRAPPED IN THE LEE OF THE CASCADES AND WESTERN COLUMBIA BASIN AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ON SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. IDZ002-003-WAZ031-033-036-051215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION. RAIN ON SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS IN AREAS UNPLOWED. $$ IDZ027-051215- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION. RAIN ON SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS IN AREAS UNPLOWED. $$ WAZ042-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...LAKE WENATCHEE...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND UPPER VALLEYS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN AND TUCKED CLOSER TO THE CASCADE CREST. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN A TRACE AND 0.15". * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWERLINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 4000-5000 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-051915- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK... CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.02" BUT PROBABILITIES ARE LOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. PERIODS OF RAIN LATER COULD LEAD TO SLUSHY CONDITIONS AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH A SLOW RISE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-051915- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...2 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000 FEET...AND NO ACCUMULATION BELOW 3000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE FROM 3000 FEET THIS MORNING TO 5000 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...3000 FEET RISING TO 6000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY MORNING.THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-035-041-044-051215- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ 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 310 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD...RITZVILLE... GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...COULEE CITY...MOSES LAKE... EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. FREEZING RAIN MAY LEAD TO ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
059 WWUS46 KOTX 051200 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN TODAY... .RICH MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION TODAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES HAVE CROSSED INTO THE EASTERN BASIN AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS NORTH A LINE FROM SANDPOINT TO OMAK WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO RAIN. THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND THIS TRANSITION OCCURS. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY IN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ON SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ034-035-041-044-051300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA... OTHELLO...QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR... COULEE CITY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... ANY PRECIPITATION TODAY WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY AND WILL NOT BRING HIGH IMPACTS TO TRAVEL. $$ WAZ042-052000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TRACE TO 0.15" . * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING... BECOMING MOSTLY RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWERLINES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 4000-5000 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY MONDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ WAZ043-052000- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T2000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY MORNING.THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-052000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 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...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM...WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD... HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS... 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. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE IS POSSIBLE . * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. PERIODS OF RAIN LATER COULD LEAD TO SLUSHY CONDITIONS AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS. * 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. && $$ IDZ004-052000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 400 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...2 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000 FEET...AND NO ACCUMULATION BELOW 3000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE FROM 3000 FEET THIS MORNING TO 5000 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...4000 FEET RISING TO 6000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
164 WWUS46 KOTX 051704 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 904 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN TODAY... .RICH MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE REGION TODAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES HAVE CROSSED INTO THE EASTERN BASIN AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTH. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS NORTH A LINE FROM SANDPOINT TO OMAK WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO RAIN. BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS TRANSITION. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIKELY IN THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES...MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ON SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. WAZ042-052000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA... TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS... LOUP LOUP PASS 904 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP... STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...BLEWETT PASS...LOUP LOUP PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF LAKE CHELAN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...0.10" TO 0.25". * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER WENATCHEE VALLEY AND UPPER METHOW VALLEY. THEN BECOMING MOSTLY RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWERLINES AND CAUSE DOWNED TREES. * SNOW LEVEL: RISING TO 4000-5000 FEET SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN BY THIS MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-038-060000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT... BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS 904 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...REPUBLIC...INCHELIUM... WAUCONDA...CHESAW ROAD...HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT...BOULDER CREEK ROAD...SHERMAN PASS...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO UP TO 0.10" POSSIBLE . * TIMING...MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL PERSIST ALL DAY. VALLEY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF REPUBLIC TO SANDPOINT...THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED AND EVEN ICY ROADS. PERIODS OF RAIN LATER COULD LEAD TO SLUSHY CONDITIONS AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS TO NEAR 3000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-060115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 904 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...2 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000 FEET...AND NO ACCUMULATION BELOW 3000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE FROM 3000 FEET THIS MORNING TO 5000 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...4000 FEET RISING TO 6000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ043-052000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T2000Z/ OKANOGAN VALLEY- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER... BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS 904 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT... OROVILLE...NESPELEM...DISAUTEL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
568 WWUS46 KOTX 051902 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1102 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN TODAY... .WARMER TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWARD...WHILE MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITAION FALLS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO. BESIDES SNOW...BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER VALLEYS BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN ON SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. WAZ038-052015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 1102 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION THREAT IS OVER...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ WAZ042-043-052015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T2000Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY- 1102 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF NORTHERN CASCADES AND OKANOGAN VALLEY. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. LIGHT OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION...EITHER FREEZING OR FROZEN...IS STILL POSSIBLE. ADDTIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 2 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FT AND NEAR THE CASCADE CREST. $$ IDZ001-WAZ037-060000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1102 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER... EASTPORT...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO UP TO 0.10" POSSIBLE . * TIMING...MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL PERSIST ALL DAY. VALLEY SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF COLVILLE TO SANDPOINT...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED AND EVEN ICY ROADS. PERIODS OF RAIN LATER COULD LEAD TO SLUSHY CONDITIONS AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...VALLEY FLOORS TO NEAR 3000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-060315- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS 1102 AM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO 5000 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 6000 FEET OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SNOW LEVEL...4000 FEET RISING TO 6000 FEET. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
939 WWUS46 KOTX 052302 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 302 PM PST MON JAN 5 2015 IDZ001-WAZ037-060015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 302 PM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT FREEZING PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR WINTRY MIX...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. $$ IDZ004-060015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 302 PM PST MON JAN 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW HAS ENDED. SNOW LEVELS HAVE RISEN ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH MOST PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN. SOME LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OF LESS THAN 1 INCH OVERNIGHT. $$
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 3, 3:28 PM PST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:28 PM PST, 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
328 PM PST SAT JAN 3 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
A strong winter storm system system arrives late tonight through
Monday. There is the potential of heavy mountain and valley snows,
and a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain moving from south to
north across the Inland Northwest. Expect a trend toward drier and
warmer weather by the middle of next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight...The tangled rat's nest of moisture and weather
disturbances visible on satellite approaching the northwest coast
this afternoon will become organized into a surface low pressure
near the Queen Charlotte Islands with a warm front developing from
this surface low running down the coast and hooking into the
southern part of the forecast area tonight. Pacific moisture will
begin to increase and enhance isentropically along this front
leading to an onset of light snow over most locations north and
east of a line from Omak to Pullman late tonight. A general
westerly flow in the mid levels will allow a slower onset in the
deep basin and Cascades lee zones where the best chance of snow
onset will be delayed until Sunday during the day when low level
flow becomes better directed into the Cascades east slopes. Thus
tonight will feature increasing and thickening clouds with
overnight snow development and temperatures milder than previous
mornings as radiational cooling will be severely curtailed by
increasing clouds. Any overnight snow accumulations will be minor
by sunrise...but this is only the beginning. /Fugazzi
***SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY***
Sunday through Monday night: A significant winter storm comes to
the Inland NW, with the potential for moderate to heavy snow, some
freezing rain and travel disruptions. Within this time the highest
precipitation rates are expected to develop Sunday afternoon and
continue through Sunday night, before the higher rates start to
shift into the mountains Monday into Monday night.
* The set-up: On Sunday morning a warm front draped across
northwest WA to the lower ID Panhandle and a moist west-
southwest flow into it will allow light snow to develop across
much of the region. Then rates increase in the afternoon evening
as low pressure nearing the BC coast tracks along the WA/BC
border toward western MT between Sunday evening and Monday
morning. The transit of that low and the resultant increasing
southerly flow will first lead to increased isentropic ascent
and frontogenetic forcing along the aforementioned warm front.
This will lead to the ramp-up in precipitation rates after
midday Sunday continuing into Sunday night.
* The precipitation-type: The second result of the transit of that
low and the increased southerly flow will be to pump milder air
into the region. This will result in a transition in
precipitation type from south to north. Models have been back-
and-forth over the timing of this transition. They are still
somewhat shaky on this detail but have trended to somewhat
better agreement for the overnight period.
* Yet first between mid-afternoon to early evening some milder air
may bring a mix of snow, freezing rain, sleet and general rain
from the L-C valley into south and western Whitman county. As
the evening progresses winds and mixing increase, allowing that
freezing rain/sleet potential to be less of a threat. Farther
west into the upper Columbia Basin and Wenatchee area the mixed
threat will also develop between late afternoon and evening and,
because of lower winds and less mixing, the threat will continue
through the night. From late evening into the overnight milder
air also surges north toward the I-90 corridor and even up
toward the Okanogan Valley. Toward the Okanogan valley this may
lead to a mix of snow and freezing rain through the night, where
colder air may be harder to scour out. Across the Spokane county
this is expected to lead to transition to a rain/snow mix, first
south of I-90 during the early overnight night and north and
east toward southern Stevens, Pend Oreille and Kootenai county
later overnight into Monday morning. Some pockets of freezing
rain or sleet are possible but given increasing winds, this is
not expected to be a primary threat, at least not at this time.
During they day Monday freezing rain will be possible in some of
the sheltered valleys across the northern mountains, while snow
will be more likely in the mountains and closer to the Canadian
border.
* The precipitation amounts: Sunday morning snow amounts are
expected to be in the 0.5 to 1.5 inch range, with local amounts
near 3 in the Cascades and central Panhandle mountains. Sunday
afternoon into Sunday evening snow amounts are more likely to be
in the 3 to 5 inch range, with between 6 to 12 inches in the
mountains. Snow rates around 0.5 inch per hour up to an inch per
hour in some of the mountains are possible. Continuing into
Sunday overnight into Monday the snow amounts across the
Columbia Basin are expected to be declining, while the mountains
and northeast valleys will still see some moderate to heavy
accumulation amounts.
* The highlights: Winter storm warnings have been raised around
the Cascades, the mountain zones, the Spokane/C'dA area, Palouse
and Blues for Sunday and they end between Monday morning and
Monday night, from west to east. Advisories are also being
issued for the Basin, for combination of light to moderate snow
and freezing rain, and Camas Prairie for moderate snow. See the
highlight products for specific details. /J. Cote'
Tuesday...The same atmospheric river which promises to deliver
widespread snow to the Inland NW on Sunday and Monday is still
expected to hang around into this period. However by this
time...the ascent associated with the river will weaken
significantly in response to a strong ridge building just off the
Washington coast. Most model solutions keep the axis of moisture
and associated precipitation north and east of a line from the
Lake Chelan to Missoula with the usual downslope impacts keeping
most of the western Columbia Basin dry. Precipitation amounts will
be relatively light...at least compared to the Sunday and Monday
action. An additional tenth of an inch of liquid precipitation is
possible...but based on rising snow levels...most of the snow will
occur over the mountains...and perhaps the extreme northern
valleys near the Canadian Border.
Tuesday night through Thursday...Strong upper level ridging will
become the dominant feature as it shifts from right off the
Washington coast and over the Inland Northwest during this period.
This will result in a substantial drying trend but it will also be
the perfect setup for widespread low clouds and fog in the valleys
especially considering the wet period preceding it. Confidence
into where the fog might form initially is low...but as we
transition toward later in the week, it will likely shroud most
valley locations. This will not only result in limited sunshine
but limited diurnal heating as well. The spread between daytime
and nighttime temperatures could be 5 degrees or less for many
valley locations. This is not represented well by the model
surface temperature forecasts but is better reflected by the MOS
numbers.
Thursday night through Saturday...The dry period will end as the
offshore trough is expected to move inland. Confidence in timing
this transition is not great...but there is some GFS ensemble
agreement with the deterministic ECMWF (last two runs) and the 18z
GFS which suggest the wet weather will likely arrive Thursday
night. This is a rather transitory feature with primarily westerly
mid-level flow. Thus the main impacts will be focused along the
Cascade Crest and over the Idaho Mountains where orographic ascent
will provide the major lifting mechanism. Precipitation amounts
will pale in comparison to Sunday/Monday's event with no well-
defined atmospheric river. Snow levels could prove tricky...but
suspect the lower we go the better especially if the widespread
low clouds and fog prove tough to scour out. For now we will go
with snow or a rain snow mix for all locations north of Highway 2
(WA) – I90 (ID) and rain south of there. How long we hold onto
the precipitation is also questionable as some model solutions
rebuild the ridge for next weekend while others hold onto zonal
flow. fx
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS: The Columbia Basin continues to be impacted by the
presence of a strong inversion. This will promote long running
periods of IFR and low MVFR stratus ceilings at the KGEG area TAF
sites and KPUW. Tonight a most Pacific storm system will bring
increased deep cloud cover culminating in an onset of -SN at most
TAF sites between 12Z and 18Z Sunday including the KEAT and KMWH
TAF sites. Strong and moist ascent aong a slow moving warm front
laying near the WA/OR border will promote universal IFR conditions
in snow through 00Z Monday at all TAF sites. /MJF
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 23 29 29 38 34 40 / 60 100 100 80 60 40
Coeur d'Alene 23 29 29 37 35 39 / 70 100 100 100 90 50
Pullman 27 32 32 43 38 43 / 60 100 100 100 60 40
Lewiston 31 37 36 48 40 48 / 30 100 100 60 40 20
Colville 19 26 25 34 32 36 / 60 100 100 80 60 50
Sandpoint 21 25 23 34 32 35 / 80 100 100 90 90 70
Kellogg 24 27 27 34 34 37 / 90 100 100 100 100 60
Moses Lake 25 31 29 40 35 43 / 20 90 90 40 20 10
Wenatchee 24 29 29 44 36 42 / 30 90 90 50 20 10
Omak 21 28 25 36 32 40 / 50 90 90 50 50 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Sunday to 4 PM PST Monday for
Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Monday for
Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse.
Winter Weather Advisory from 7 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Monday for
Lewis and Southern Nez Perce Counties.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Tuesday for
Central Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Sunday to 4 PM PST Monday for
Northeast Mountains-Okanogan Highlands.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Monday for
Northeast Blue Mountains-Okanogan Valley-Spokane Area-
Washington Palouse.
Winter Weather Advisory from 7 AM Sunday to 4 AM PST Monday for
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Waterville Plateau-
Wenatchee Area.
Winter Storm Warning from Midnight tonight to 4 AM PST Monday
for East Slopes Northern Cascades.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 5:57 AM PST, 9 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 557 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 IDZ001>004-WAZ031-033-036>038-042-041400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 557 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 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 EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A WINTER STORM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY. THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY TO THE VALLEYS. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...OR A WINTRY MIX...IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE REGARDING AMOUNTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE VALLEYS WITH A HIGHER CONFIDENCE OF HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW. TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. IDZ026-027-WAZ032-034-035-041-043-044-041400- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 557 AM PST SAT JAN 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A WINTER STORM WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY MORNING AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AS WELL AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY IN THE DEEP COLUMBIA BASIN. MOST LOW ELEVATION LOCATIONS WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN ON MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING PRECISE SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS. TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE LIKELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:40 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Lewis, Nez Perce | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.