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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2015, 2:33 PM PST for 4 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 23 hr. 6 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
- Dec 23, 2015, 2:33 PM PST (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 1:33 PM PST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Benewah County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Latah County, ID, Shoshone County, ID
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:12 PM PST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Prichard, ID | 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION OF 12 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 24 INCHES. STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 24, 2:47 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Prichard, ID | 18 INCHES IN THE LAST 12 HOURS |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Fernwood, ID | |
| Dec 24, 6:12 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 4 Se Alene, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-22 |
| Dec 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 1 Nnw Hayden, ID | COCORAHS ID-KT-21 |
| Dec 24, 7:00 AM PST | HEAVY SNOW 7.2 | 1 Ene Kellogg, ID | COCORAHS ID-SH-1 |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WWUS46 KOTX 232233 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO VALLEYS LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS IDAHO AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THURSDAY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BUT THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL RATES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SLICK OR SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS FOURTH OF JULY...LOOKOUT AND STEVENS. IDZ027-WAZ031-232345- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151224T0000Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE REGION... ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. THUS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IDZ004-240800- /O.UPG.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151224T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0008.151223T2233Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 10-12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ036-037-240800- /O.EXB.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY... DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD... ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5. IN THE MOUNTAINS 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN SPOKANE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES ESPECIALLY UNSHELTERED AREAS SUCH AS I-90...US195 AND US2 NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE WEST PLAINS AND SOUTH OF SPOKANE TOWARD SPANGLE...BEFORE WINDS DECREASE THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-240800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 OVER IDAHO. EXCEPT LESS THAN 2 INCHES WEST OF COLFAX...INCLUDING LA CROSSE. * TIMING...ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...THEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE INTENSITY AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. ROADS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE DRIFTING SNOW INCLUDE US195...95...AND HWY 27...BEFORE SPEEDS START TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...DECREASING TO 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-002-240800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6. IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SECTIONS OF US95 SOUTH OF COEUR D ALENE...BEFORE SPEEDS DECREASE THURSDAY. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-240800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151224T1300Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN 233 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS... * LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEAR THE CREST 6 TO 12 INCHES. IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS EAST THE CREST 2 TO 6 INCHES AND 1 TO 3 INCHES AWAY FROM THE CREST...INCLUDING NEAR HIGHWAY 97. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS STEVENS PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DELAYS AND RESTRICTIONS. SLICK CONDITIONS AND MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND CASHMERE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS AND 20S OVERNIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
653 WWUS46 KOTX 240623 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1023 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS IDAHO AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THURSDAY SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...BUT THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL RATES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SLICK OR SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS FOURTH OF JULY...LOOKOUT AND STEVENS. IDZ004-241500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1023 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 10 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ IDZ003-WAZ033-241500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH... GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE... TEKOA...UNIONTOWN 1023 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN... COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 OVER IDAHO. EXCEPT LESS THAN 2 INCHES WEST OF COLFAX... INCLUDING LA CROSSE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. ROADS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE DRIFTING SNOW INCLUDE US195...95...AND HWY 27... BEFORE SPEEDS START TO DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH... DECREASING TO 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ036-037-241500- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...COLVILLE... DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 1023 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... 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...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT... ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6. IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SECTIONS OF US95 SOUTH OF COEUR D ALENE...BEFORE SPEEDS DECREASE THURSDAY. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-241300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151224T1300Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN 1023 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS... * LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS STEVENS PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DELAYS AND RESTRICTIONS. SLICK CONDITIONS AND MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND CASHMERE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS AND 20S OVERNIGHT. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
853 WWUS46 KOTX 241308 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 508 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO INTO THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS IDAHO AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SLICK OR SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS FOURTH OF JULY...LOOKOUT AND STEVENS. IDZ003-WAZ033-036-241415- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA- 508 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH. $$ WAZ042-241900- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151224T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0029.151224T1308Z-151224T1900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...PLAIN...MIDWAY 508 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PLAIN...MIDWAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS STEVENS PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DELAYS AND RESTRICTIONS. SLICK CONDITIONS AND MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND CASHMERE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ004-242115- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 508 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 10 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ037-242115- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 508 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6. IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SECTIONS OF US95 SOUTH OF COEUR D ALENE...BEFORE SPEEDS DECREASE THURSDAY. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
465 WWUS46 KOTX 241323 AAA WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 523 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY... .SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO INTO THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS IDAHO AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON THROUGH CENTRAL IDAHO MAY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON. SLICK OR SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT TRAVEL...INCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS FOURTH OF JULY...LOOKOUT AND STEVENS. IDZ004-242130- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 523 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 10 TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ037-242130- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 523 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH... NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...IN THE VALLEYS 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 6. IN THE MOUNTAINS 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SECTIONS OF US95 SOUTH OF COEUR D ALENE...BEFORE SPEEDS DECREASE THURSDAY. ADDITIONALLY... HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-151224T1900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN 523 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS... * LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS NEAR THE CREST 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST...BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS STEVENS PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DELAYS AND RESTRICTIONS. SLICK CONDITIONS AND MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND CASHMERE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$
382 WWUS46 KOTX 241705 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 905 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY IN NORTH IDAHO AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON... IDZ004-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 905 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES IN FAR NORTHERN SHOSHONE COUNTY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-WAZ037-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY...COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT... KETTLE FALLS...SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD 905 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... 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. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES AROUND COEUR D'ALENE...SANDPOINT...AND RATHDRUM WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES AROUND LAKE PEND OREILLE. FOR COLVILLE...NORTHPORT...AND METALINE FALLS UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW RATES ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT LOCALIZED MODERATE SNOWS WILL STILL POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WAZ042-241900- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-151224T1900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN 905 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE EAST CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS... * LOCATIONS...MAZAMA...STEHEKIN...HIGHWAY 2 WEST OF LEAVENWORTH * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH AROUND MAZAMA...STEHEKIN...AND PLAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN COLES CORNER AND STEVENS PASS. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS STEVENS PASS WILL BE IMPACTED BY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES WITH POTENTIAL FOR DELAYS AND RESTRICTIONS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
279 WWUS46 KOTX 241901 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1101 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY IN NORTH IDAHO AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON... WAZ042-242015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-151224T1900Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1101 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES TODAY WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CREST. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO TRAVEL OVER STEVENS OR SNOQUALMIE PASS TODAY SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST PASS CONDITIONS ON THE WASHINGTON DOT WEB SITE. $$ WAZ037-242015- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 1101 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHEAST WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS. THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE COLVILLE...KETTLE FALLS... METALINE FALLS...AND NORTHPORT AREAS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND DEER PARK...SPRINGDALE...AND DIAMOND LAKE. $$ IDZ004-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST... OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS... LOOKOUT PASS 1101 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS FOURTH OF JULY AND LOOKOUT PASS MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH POSSIBLE DELAYS. ADDITIONALLY... HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-250000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...ATHOL... BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN... WORLEY 1101 AM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY... SANDPOINT...ATHOL...BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...EASTPORT... SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM NOON TO 4 PM AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND BETWEEN COEUR D'ALENE AND SANDPOINT. AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED AROUND PRIEST LAKE AND BONNERS FERRY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY AND WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN AND/OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
810 WWUS46 KOTX 242133 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 133 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...SNOW DECREASING OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE TONIGHT... .SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE WITH UP TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM... MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM MULLAN TO LOOKOUT PASS AND INTO MONTANA. IDZ004-250300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0030.151224T2133Z-151225T0300Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS 133 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE MULLAN AND LOOKOUT PASS AREA... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS...MULLAN...LOOKOUT PASS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO CHRISTMAS DAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING ON INTERSTATE 90 IN THE VICINITY OF LOOKOUT PASS. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?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. && $$ IDZ001-002-242245- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-151225T0000Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 133 PM PST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE COEUR D'ALENE AREA AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COEUR D'ALENE...SANDPOINT...AND BONNERS FERRY AREAS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$
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 Dec 23, 2:13 PM PST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 2:13 PM PST, 20 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
213 PM PST WED DEC 23 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
More snow and blowing snow is expected this evening through
tonight as another storm system moves through the area. Snow
shower chances will linger into the end of the week, with much
colder temperatures and drier conditions expected for the weekend
into next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Tonight through Friday: The threat of snow showers will continue
across the region, but the risk starts to wane from the west later
Friday.
First between tonight and Thursday in the big picture a broad
unstable upper trough will be migrating across the region. Several
lobes of vorticity will be pivoting around it. A surface low near
Vancouver Island and an associated trough extending toward north
ID edge south and weaken through the period. Although the
atmosphere isn't particularly moist (with PWATs 85% of normal)
700-500mb lapse rates lay between 7.5-8.5 C/Km. There are also
pockets of marginally negative dtheta/dz lapse rates across
southern WA through the central Panhandle. These features together
are a good set-up for periodic and localized heavy snowfall rates,
especially between tonight and Thursday night. The lowest risk
will be in the lee of the Cascades and deeper Columbia Basin and
the highest will be near the Cascade crest and the northeast third
of WA and the ID Panhandle.
* Timing: although I don't think it will snow continuously the
set-up suggests there will be a snow threat much of the period.
Precise timing is a bit tricky but should be tied to the passage
of the primary vorticity maxima. Details may need adjustment but
the following is what models loosely model suggest. Between this
evening and mid-Thursday three vorticity max pass in quick
succession, with the third most organized vort max passing
overnight into mid-Thursday. This suggests increasing snow
showers through the evening across the northeast to eastern
third of WA and the ID Panhandle, with rates peaking sometime
between late evening and Thursday morning. Rates then appear to
abate through mid-morning to mid-Thursday, with a possible
exception in the vicinity of the surface trough within or near
the base of the northeast mountains into the central Panhandle
and possibly near the higher Palouse.
* Snow amounts: the lowest snow amounts are expected in the L-C
Valley, lee of the Cascades, Columbia Basin and Okanogan
Highlands. These will average in the half inch to one inch
range. Local amounts to 2 inches are possible toward the
Okanogan Highlands but some areas of the deep Columbia Basin and
L-C Valley may see nothing. The highest amounts are expected
across the Central Panhandle where between 4-8 inches, with
local amounts to 12 are projected. Similar amounts are projected
near the Cascade crest, while 1 to 4 inches is expected in the
valleys away from the crest. Elsewhere snow amounts are
projected to average between 1 to 3 inches, except local amounts
up around 4 to 6 are possible the northern Panhandle, around the
Coeur d'Alene area and the higher Palouse.
* Highlights and Impacts: Winter weather weather advisories were
extended and/or expanded over portions of northeast WA, north ID
and the Palouse. The advisory of the central Panhandle was
upgraded to a winter storm warning. Again the heaviest is
expected to develop later this evening into Thursday morning,
but localized heavier bands linger here into the afternoon. In
addition to the slick snow covered roads there may be localized
blowing snow and drifting snow, especially across the Palouse
into the Central Panhandle before winds start to abate Thursday
morning to afternoon. There has been reports of that drifting
snow around the Palouse even without signficant snow falling.
The advisories near the Blue Mountains and Camas Prairie were
not extended as the amounts are not expected to be a significant
here, but this will be monitored. The advisory over the Cascade
crest also continues through early Thursday morning. After that
snow accumulations are expected to fall off here but it will be
monitored and adjustment will be made if thinking changes.
Next between late Thursday afternoon and mid-Friday a fourth
vorticity max crosses the northern Cascades and drop east-southeast,
before the drier northwest flow starts to develop. This will renew
or in some places continue the threat of snow showers, including
the lee of the Cascades and Columbia Basin, from late Thursday
afternoon and Friday morning before the focus starts to shift into
the Idaho Panhandle and southeast WA Friday afternoon. By this
time the surface trough is weakening and the overall vorticity max
looks weaker. So the overall snow amounts are expected to be
relatively lighter, on the order of 1-2 over the Panhandle
Mountains and an inch or less elsewhere. That is over a 24-hour
period so snow rates look rather light. Temperatures by this time
will not have much opportunity to rise with many areas only reaching
the mid-20s Friday afternoon. The deeper Basin and L-C Valley
could approach 30 though. We also could see some locally breezy
conditions down the Okanogan Valley as northerly winds channel
through. Most guidance doesn't show winds here to be too strong
but the pressure gradients suggest models may be under- doing
speeds. But still speeds are not expected to be that significant
either way. /J. Cote'
Friday night through Sunday: A break period in the active and
progressive pattern will occur this weekend with all models
indicating an upper level ridge building over the region.
Lingering snow showers will remain in the Idaho Panhandle
mountains Friday evening...but no significant further accumulation
is expected.
The air mass will stabilize through the weekend as a
subsidence inversion develops as the upper ridge builds. This
will have two main ramifications for sensible weather around the
region. The first will be a noticeably cooler period...especially
if significant clearing occurs Friday evening. Light
winds...clearing skies...a drier continental air mass in the wake of
Fridays exiting system and fresh snow cover will conspire to allow
strong radiational cooling for very chilly temperatures by
Saturday morning. Single digits or low teens will be common...and
the potential exists for some sheltered valleys to drop below
zero. Daytime highs will be commensurately low achieving only the
upper teens and low 20s...maybe not even that high depending on
how widespread low clouds and fog are.
That will be the other issue. The subsidence inversion will act
to promote increasing coverage of low stratus and at least morning
fog over much of the region. The prospect for cold low
temperatures is high confidence. The areal extent and density of
fog and stratus is less confident...it may take a few days of
stagnation before any significant coverage or persistence of fog
and low clouds develops.
Sunday night through Wednesday...A quieter but still somewhat
active deep winter period will envelop the region through the
extended term. ECMWF has come more in line with the other dominant
guidance in maintaining a somewhat progressive westerly
flow...but with a twist. A broad split flow regime appears
imminent with the strong storm generating dynamic energy occurring
far to the south over the Great basin through the week. The
forecast area will be subject to a few weakening northern branch
short wave passages...each capable of producing some light snow
accumulations but no organized or coherent storm systems or
frontal complexes. In fact...the low level air mass will likely
remain somewhat de-coupled with a placid high pressure field near
the surface maintaining an increasingly stagnant low level sub-
inversion air mass with low clouds and fog common.
Thus through the extended period expect cold and murky deep winter
inversion conditions punctuated by occasional rounds of flurries
or minimally accumulating (less than 1 inch valleys and 1-2
inches in the mountains) light snow. /Fugazzi
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: Snow, blowing snow, and low ceilings will be the
biggest impacts along the WA/ID border while low clouds and areas
of fog impact terminals in Central WA. The atmosphere is becoming
colder and increasingly unstable allowing any minor ripples to
bring snow showers. This is a drier snow with low water content
but still capable of delivering several inches. For the remainder
of today 18-00Z steady snow will persist in the Idaho Panhandle
Mtns with activity becoming steady but more showery between
Spokane and Pullman. Additional amounts of 1-2 inches will be
possible. Winds have also picked across SE WA and will lead to
blowing and drifting snow near Pullman and possibly Spokane
International. These winds will downslope off the Blues and keep
VFR conditions at Lewiston. Snow will pickup again tonight after
03z bringing the potential for another round of moderate
accumulations between Spokane and Pullman. A brief snow shower
could move into Moses Lake but the main issue in this area and
toward Wenatchee will be ceilings. Some improvement is expected
21-01Z but conditions look to deteriorate after sunset although
this carries lower confidence with cooling aloft. /sb
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 26 30 20 25 11 22 / 90 40 40 40 10 10
Coeur d'Alene 28 32 21 26 12 22 / 100 80 50 50 20 10
Pullman 26 30 20 25 12 23 / 90 50 30 50 20 0
Lewiston 30 35 23 30 17 27 / 50 30 20 20 20 0
Colville 26 30 21 25 8 23 / 70 80 40 30 10 10
Sandpoint 27 31 22 26 11 23 / 90 80 50 40 20 10
Kellogg 26 29 20 26 13 21 / 100 100 60 50 30 10
Moses Lake 25 31 18 27 15 25 / 30 10 20 10 10 10
Wenatchee 24 31 18 26 12 23 / 40 20 20 10 10 10
Omak 25 29 20 24 9 22 / 50 30 20 20 10 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Weather Advisory until 4 PM PST Thursday for Coeur
d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Warning until 4 PM PST Thursday for Central
Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory until 4 PM PST Thursday for Northeast
Mountains-Spokane Area-Washington Palouse.
Winter Weather Advisory until 5 AM PST Thursday for East Slopes
Northern Cascades.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:18 AM PST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service SPOKANE WA 518 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>038-041>044-241400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 518 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Idaho... North Central Idaho...Central Washington...East Central Washington...North Central Washington...Northeast Washington and Southeast Washington. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT One weather system will linger over the region through the afternoon...with another poised to move through the region tonight. This will result in widespread snow this morning...changing to snow showers this afternoon and tonight...with accumulationg snow for most areas. Gusty winds will be possible across the eastern Basin and West Plains and may result in areas of blowing and drifting snow. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY Wintry conditions will continue through Friday with frequent snow showers each capable of producing light valley accumulations and moderate mountain accumulations. By Saturday a dry break period will occur...but this will lead to much cooler conditions with Saturday's low temperatures in the single digits above zero across much of the region.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 23, 9:36 AM PST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
936 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM SNOW LEWISTON 46.39N 116.99W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH NEZ PERCE ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. DOWNTOWN. FACEBOOK.
0500 AM SNOW WORLEY 47.40N 116.92W
12/23/2015 M2.8 INCH KOOTENAI ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. ROCKFORD BAY ON LAKE COEUR DALENE.
FACEBOOK.
0500 AM SNOW NEWMAN LAKE 47.77N 117.09W
12/23/2015 E2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0500 AM SNOW LEWISTON 46.39N 116.99W
12/23/2015 E3.5 INCH NEZ PERCE ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. LEWISTON ORCHARDS. FACEBOOK.
0530 AM SNOW 4 NNW SPOKANE 47.72N 117.45W
12/23/2015 M2.1 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-34
0600 AM SNOW 6 NE ELK 48.08N 117.19W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-PO-1
0600 AM SNOW 4 W ROCKFORD 47.45N 117.21W
12/23/2015 E0.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. MT HOPE. FACEBOOK.
0600 AM SNOW 15 NW SPOKANE 47.81N 117.66W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-43
0600 AM SNOW 3 E SPOKANE 47.67N 117.35W
12/23/2015 E1.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. SPOKANE VALLEY. FACEBOOK.
0600 AM SNOW RATHDRUM 47.81N 116.89W
12/23/2015 E2.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0600 AM SNOW 1 NNW OROVILLE 48.96N 119.44W
12/23/2015 M1.5 INCH OKANOGAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-OK-5
0600 AM SNOW 10 NNE HOPE 48.38N 116.26W
12/23/2015 M2.3 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-BR-22
0700 AM SNOW PRICHARD 3 ESE 47.64N 115.92W
12/23/2015 M3.4 INCH SHOSHONE ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 10 NW KETTLE FALLS 48.72N 118.20W
12/23/2015 M1.1 INCH FERRY WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-FY-8
0700 AM SNOW HEYBURN S.P. 47.35N 116.77W
12/23/2015 M3.4 INCH BENEWAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW PRICHARD 3 ESE 47.64N 115.92W
12/23/2015 M3.4 INCH SHOSHONE ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNW HAYDEN 47.77N 116.80W
12/23/2015 M3.2 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-21
0700 AM SNOW 4 SSE JULIAETTA 46.52N 116.67W
12/23/2015 M3.2 INCH NEZ PERCE ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-NP-1
0700 AM SNOW 1 ENE KELLOGG 47.54N 116.12W
12/23/2015 M2.2 INCH SHOSHONE ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-SH-1
0700 AM SNOW 12 NW ENTIAT 47.80N 120.40W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-22
0700 AM SNOW 4 N REPUBLIC 48.71N 118.72W
12/23/2015 M1.3 INCH FERRY WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-FY-1
0700 AM SNOW 7 NNW WINTHROP 48.56N 120.26W
12/23/2015 M1.0 INCH OKANOGAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-OK-16
0700 AM SNOW 6 NE CHATTAROY 47.95N 117.25W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-24
0700 AM SNOW GENESEE MCGREGOR 46.55N 116.91W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH LATAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW GENESEE MCGREGOR 46.55N 116.91W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH LATAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW COEUR D'ALENE 47.70N 116.79W
12/23/2015 E2.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0700 AM SNOW ROSALIA 47.24N 117.37W
12/23/2015 M3.5 INCH WHITMAN WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. DRIFTING ON HWY 195. FACEBOOK.
0700 AM SNOW 12 N LEAVENWORTH 47.77N 120.66W
12/23/2015 M3.5 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-33
0700 AM SNOW 4 SSW LAPWAI 46.35N 116.83W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH NEZ PERCE ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-NP-5
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SSW RATHDRUM 47.79N 116.90W
12/23/2015 M4.5 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-5
0700 AM SNOW FERNWOOD 47.11N 116.40W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH BENEWAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 12 SSE PRIEST RIVER 48.03N 116.81W
12/23/2015 M1.6 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-BR-15
0730 AM SNOW 15 N DAVENPORT 47.87N 118.15W
12/23/2015 M1.5 INCH LINCOLN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-LN-1
0730 AM SNOW 1 NW PLAIN 47.77N 120.66W
12/23/2015 M3.8 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-35
0740 AM SNOW SANDPOINT 48.28N 116.56W
12/23/2015 E4.0 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES. SPOTTER-BONNER 49.
0742 AM SNOW 3 NE LOON LAKE 48.09N 117.58W
12/23/2015 M3.5 INCH STEVENS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER-STEVENS 45. DEER LAKE.
0754 AM SNOW 1 NE PESHASTIN 47.57N 120.60W
12/23/2015 M1.2 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-28
0800 AM SNOW 2 ENE LEAVENWORTH 47.60N 120.63W
12/23/2015 M1.6 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-27
0800 AM SNOW SW DOVER 48.25N 116.61W
12/23/2015 M2.5 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-BR-19
0800 AM SNOW 8 SE NORTHPORT 48.84N 117.65W
12/23/2015 M0.4 INCH STEVENS WA PUBLIC
SNOW DEPTH 6 INCHES. FACEBOOK.
0800 AM SNOW SPOKANE 47.67N 117.41W
12/23/2015 E2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER-SPOKANE 132. FACEBOOK.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW HOLDEN VILLAGE 48.20N 120.77W
12/23/2015 M6.6 INCH CHELAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 6 W NEWPORT 48.18N 117.17W
12/23/2015 M2.2 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-PO-9
0800 AM SNOW VALLEY 48.17N 117.72W
12/23/2015 M1.5 INCH STEVENS WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW PLUMMER 47.33N 116.88W
12/23/2015 E4.0 INCH BENEWAH ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0800 AM SNOW PULLMAN 46.76N 117.19W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW BAYVIEW 47.97N 116.57W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 11 N DAVENPORT 47.81N 118.11W
12/23/2015 M1.5 INCH LINCOLN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-LN-5
0800 AM SNOW DEER PARK 47.96N 117.43W
12/23/2015 E2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
0800 AM SNOW 2 WSW DEER PARK 47.95N 117.48W
12/23/2015 M2.2 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-14
0805 AM SNOW LAMONT GRAIN GROWERS 47.20N 117.91W
12/23/2015 M2.0 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0812 AM SNOW ST. MARIES 47.31N 116.59W
12/23/2015 M2.8 INCH BENEWAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0845 AM SNOW 6 WNW SANDPOINT 48.31N 116.68W
12/23/2015 E3.0 INCH BONNER ID PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. SCHWEITZER SKI RESORT. FACEBOOK.
0900 AM SNOW 5 N SPOKANE 47.75N 117.41W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-30
&&
GKOCHLocal storm report, Dec 23, 10:54 AM PST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1054 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM SNOW ENDICOTT 46.93N 117.68W
12/23/2015 M2.5 INCH WHITMAN WA PUBLIC
FACEBOOK.
1000 AM SNOW 2 E SPOKANE 47.67N 117.37W
12/23/2015 E3.5 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. SPOKANE VALLEY. FACEBOOK.
1000 AM SNOW CHATTAROY 47.89N 117.35W
12/23/2015 E3.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK.
1010 AM SNOW SANDPOINT 48.28N 116.56W
12/23/2015 M3.0 INCH BONNER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. SPOTTER-BONNER 5H.
&&
GKOCHLocal storm report, Dec 23, 11:02 AM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1102 AM PST WED DEC 23 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM SNOW 4 W ROCKFORD 47.45N 117.21W
12/23/2015 E3.0 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. MT HOPE. FACEBOOK.
&&
GKOCHNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Idaho, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015
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.