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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2016, 2:53 AM PST for 10 counties in Washington; 6 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Dec 26, 2016, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 40 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
- Dec 26, 2016, 2:53 AM PST (10:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2016, 4:00 PM PST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2016, 7:45 AM PST
- In force
- 40 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, Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Ferry County, WA, Grant 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 9:00 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 6 Wnw Conconully, WA | MESONET STATION MUCKAMUCK /MUKW1/. |
| Dec 26, 9:15 PM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 8 Se Northport, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 26, 10:00 PM PST | SNOW 1 | 6 Sw Clarkia, ID | MESONET STATION SHERWIN /SHWI1/. |
| Dec 26, 10:00 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 10 E Tiger, WA | MESONET STATION BUNCHGRESS MEADOWS /BGMW1/. |
| Dec 26, 10:00 PM PST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ene Chesaw, WA | MESONET STATION GOLD AXE CAMP /GAXW1/. |
| Dec 27, 12:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION SPOKANE WA /OTX/. |
| Dec 27, 12:45 AM PST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 N Opportunity, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 1:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 9 E Curlew, WA | MESONET STATION SENTINEL BUTTE /SENW1/. |
| Dec 27, 3:53 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | 3 Ese Airway Heights, WA | ASOS STATION SPOKANE INTL AP /GEG/. |
| Dec 27, 3:58 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 1 Nnw Fairchild Afb, WA | AWOS STATION 1 NW FAIRCHILD AFB /SKA/. |
| Dec 27, 4:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 16 Nw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION 15 WNW MAZAMA /HRPW1/. |
| Dec 27, 4:25 AM PST | SNOW 2.1 | 3 Ese Airway Heights, WA | TOTAL THROUGH 0400. |
| Dec 27, 4:30 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wsw Malden, WA | BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.4 | 3 Wnw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION 2 WNW MAZAMA /MAZ22/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 1 | 7 E Disautel, WA | MESONET STATION MOSES MOUNTAIN /MMSW1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 13 Wnw Hunters, WA | MESONET STATION GOLD MOUNTAIN /GLDW1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 14 Ssw Avery, ID | MESONET STATION 14 SW AVERY /LSLI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 4 E Mullan, ID | MESONET STATION LOOKOUT /LKTI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 6 N Hauser, ID | MESONET STATION RAGGED MOUNTAIN /RAGI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 7 N Newman Lake, WA | MESONET STATION QUARTZ PEAK /QUPW1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 7 Ssw Clark Fork, ID | MESONET STATION 6 SSW CLARK FORK /MOQI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 11 Ene East Hope, ID | MESONET STATION BEAR MOUNTAIN SNOTEL /BRMI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:00 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 14 Wsw Porthill, ID | MESONET STATION 13 WSW PORTHILL /HDLI1/. |
| Dec 27, 5:59 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | 5 Sw Sanders, ID | MESONET STATION 4 SW SANDERS /ITD40/. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Nnw Oroville, WA | COCORAHS STATION 1 NW OROVILLE /WA-OK-5/. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.2 | 4 Ese Chatcolet, ID | MESONET STATION 3 E CHATCOLET /ITDA9/. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Nne Moses Lake, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2 | 12 Wsw Mazama, WA | MESONET STATION WASHINGTON PASS - NWAC /WPNW1/. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 S Spokane, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ene Pullman, WA | ROAD CLOSURES IN PULLMAN DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAZARDS. |
| Dec 27, 6:00 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 3 Nw Mead, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:08 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Nw Airway Heights, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 6:26 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Waterville, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 2 | Endicott, WA | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION ENDICOTT MCGREGOR /EMGW1/. |
| Dec 27, 6:30 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Spirit Lake, ID | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:34 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 8 Wnw Colton, WA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:43 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 5 Sse Spokane, WA | ESPOTTER REPORT. |
| Dec 27, 6:45 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Saint Maries, ID | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 6:46 AM PST | SNOW 2.5 | Moscow, ID | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Odessa, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 7:00 AM PST | SNOW 7 | Metaline Falls, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 7:50 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Hayden, ID | . |
| Dec 27, 8:35 AM PST | SNOW 1 | Addy, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 8:51 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Elk, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 9:40 AM PST | SNOW 5 | Spirit Lake, ID | . |
| Dec 27, 9:42 AM PST | SNOW 4 | Albion, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 9:44 AM PST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ne Coulee City, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 9:44 AM PST | SNOW 6 | Lincoln, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 9:52 AM PST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 N East Wenatchee, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 10:38 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Sandpoint, ID | . |
| Dec 27, 10:53 AM PST | SNOW 3 | Colville, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 10:53 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Spokane, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 10:54 AM PST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Opportunity, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 11:54 AM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 1 Nnw Colbert, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 11:54 AM PST | SNOW 3.7 | 1 Nnw Colbert, WA | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 27, 11:55 AM PST | SNOW 6.5 | 3 N Deary, ID | . |
| Dec 27, 11:55 AM PST | SNOW 6.5 | 3 N Deary, ID | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 27, 11:56 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nne Valley, WA | . |
| Dec 27, 11:56 AM PST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nne Valley, WA | . THE DURATION OF THE SNOW EVENT WAS 24 HOURS. |
| Dec 27, 11:57 AM PST | SNOW 5 | 1 E Cusick, WA | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
712 WWUS46 KOTX 261053 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 253 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWLANDS WHILE CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS WITH THREE TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA. WAZ042-261900- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 253 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 FEET NEAR THE CREST. 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS...DECREASING TO 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE LOWER SLOPES TOWARD THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASCADES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...RIDGE TOP WINDS WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. STRONGER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ON RIDGES ABOVE 6000 FEET. * 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. && $$ IDZ001>003-WAZ033-035>037-261900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0200Z-161227T1500Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 253 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS, EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN, AND PALOUSE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ004-261900- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0600Z-161228T1200Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 253 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER 9PM MONDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY... BECOMING LIGHTER TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING I-90 AND LOOKOUT PASS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS AND WEST FACING ASPECTS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
272 WWUS46 KOTX 261940 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWLANDS WHILE CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WAZ033-035>037-270445- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0200Z-161227T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0200Z-161227T1600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, ROCKFORD, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN- RICE ROAD, AND FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS, EASTERN COLUMBIA BASIN, AND PALOUSE. * WINDS...IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN, WEST PLAINS, AND PALOUSE...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-270445- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0200Z-161227T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0300Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, AND WORLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 2 INCHES IN FAR NORTH PANHANDLE AROUND BONNERS FERRY AND PORTHILL * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER 10 AM. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 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. && $$ IDZ003-270445- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0200Z-161227T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0600Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, AND GENESEE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ004-270445- /O.UPG.KOTX.WS.A.0007.161227T0600Z-161228T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0600Z-161228T1600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AFTER 9PM MONDAY EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY... BECOMING LIGHTER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL THROUGH THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING I-90 AND LOOKOUT PASS AND MOST HIGHWAYS ACROSS SHOSHONE COUNTY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS AND WEST FACING ASPECTS. * WINDS...TONIGHT SOUTH 4 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ WAZ038-270445- /O.EXB.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0200Z-161227T1600Z/ OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, AND SHERMAN PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES IN SOUTHERN FERRY COUNTY DECREASING TOWARD 2 TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND END TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS OF FERRY COUNTY AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 20. * WINDS...SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-270445- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES ALONG THE CREST. 5 TO 12 INCHES FOR ADJACENT VALLEYS. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND TOWARD THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASCADES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...RIDGETOP WINDS WEST 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-270445- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0000Z-161227T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, QUINCY, WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, AND BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL OVERNIGHT AND THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WINDS...SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-270445- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING....DECREASING 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-270445- /O.NEW.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 1140 AM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3...LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE RISING TERRAIN OF EASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...20S...WARMING INTO THE 30S TUESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
343 WWUS46 KOTX 262248 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY... .SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE CASCADES LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWLANDS WHILE CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WAZ033-035>038-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0200Z-161227T1600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 INCLUDING NORTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IN THE LOWER BASIN SOUTH OF I-90. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING... INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND END TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND COLUMBIA BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TUESDAY. LIGHTER WINDS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TONIGHT...WARMING INTO LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ WAZ042-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES ALONG THE CREST. 5 TO 12 INCHES FOR ADJACENT VALLEYS. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND TOWARD THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE CASCADES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...RIDGETOP WINDS WEST 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0300Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 2 INCHES IN FAR NORTH PANHANDLE AROUND BONNERS FERRY AND PORTHILL. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER 10 AM. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0600Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS TO OVER A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ034-044-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0000Z-161227T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES EXCEPT 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THE WESTERN WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND BETWEEN QUINCY...GEORGE...AND MATTAWA. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO AREA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL OVERNIGHT AND THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WINDS...SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING....DECREASING 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-270700- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 248 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3...LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE RISING TERRAIN OF EASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...20S...WARMING INTO THE 30S TUESDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
341 WWUS46 KOTX 270459 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWLANDS WHILE CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WAZ033-035>038-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 INCLUDING NORTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IN THE LOWER BASIN SOUTH OF I-90. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND COLUMBIA BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT... BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TUESDAY. LIGHTER WINDS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TONIGHT...WARMING INTO LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ WAZ042-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES ALONG THE CREST. 5 TO 12 INCHES FOR ADJACENT VALLEYS. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND TOWARD THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...RIDGETOP WINDS WEST 15 TO 30 MPH GUSTING AROUND 45 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 2 INCHES IN FAR NORTH PANHANDLE AROUND BONNERS FERRY AND PORTHILL. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER 10 AM. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-004-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.161227T0600Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS TO OVER A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WARMING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ WAZ034-044-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WATERVILLE, MANSFIELD, BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA, OTHELLO, AND QUINCY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES EXCEPT 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THE WESTERN WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND BETWEEN QUINCY...GEORGE...AND MATTAWA. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL OVERNIGHT AND THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW BETWEEN MOSES LAKE AND THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU. * WINDS...SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING....DECREASING 30 TO 40 MPH LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-271400- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.161227T0900Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 859 PM PST MON DEC 26 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3...LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE RISING TERRAIN OF EASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...20S...WARMING INTO THE 30S TUESDAY MORNING. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
888 WWUS46 KOTX 271034 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TUESDAY... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE LOWLANDS. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WAZ034-044-271145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1500Z/ MOSES LAKE AREA-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED FROM THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU AND THE MOSES LAKE AREA. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING, BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WAZ033-035>038-271600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...REPUBLIC, INCHELIUM, WAUCONDA, CHESAW ROAD, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, SHERMAN PASS, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 INCLUDING NORTHEASTERN WHITMAN COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND IN THE LOWER BASIN SOUTH OF I-90. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PALOUSE AND COLUMBIA BASIN. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-271845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 24 INCHES ALONG THE CREST. 5 TO 12 INCHES FOR ADJACENT VALLEYS. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE METHOW VALLEY AND TOWARD THE COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOWER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 2 INCHES IN FAR NORTH PANHANDLE AROUND BONNERS FERRY AND PORTHILL. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN RISING TO LOWER 30S BY AFTERNOON. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-004-271845- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS TO OVER A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-271845- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASING BY MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN EXPOSED AREAS THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S...RISING TO THE LOWER 30S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 234 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3...LOCALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE RISING TERRAIN OF EASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * TIMING...MODERATE AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30....RISING TO THE MID 30S TO NEAR 40 THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
940 WWUS46 KOTX 271152 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TODAY AND EVEN THROUGH THE NIGHT... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE LOWLANDS. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE CASCADE CREST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO. WAZ035-038-271300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1600Z/ UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED FROM THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN AND THE OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING, BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE MINIMAL. $$ WAZ033-036-037-271600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1600Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, COLVILLE, DEER PARK, CHEWELAH, NEWPORT, KETTLE FALLS, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, ORIN-RICE ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST PLAINS...PALOUSE AND EXPOSED VALLEYS. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 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. && $$ WAZ042-272000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 15 INCHES NEAR THE CREST. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ001-002-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-272000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES VALLEYS TO OVER A FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-272000- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES THIS MORNING...THEN DECREASING BY MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW ON THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 352 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, AND ALPOWA SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN BRIEFLY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
165 WWUS46 KOTX 271548 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS OCCURRING ON CAMAS PRAIRIE...HIGHER BENCHES AROUND LEWISTON...AND INTO THE PALOUSE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST AND IDAHO PANHANDLE TODAY... .STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS TRANSITIONING TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...AND ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND DECREASE ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND PALOUSE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WAZ036-037-271700- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1600Z/ SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST PLAINS AND SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE PALOUSE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ WAZ033-271800- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, AND UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...LUCERNE...HOLDEN VILLAGE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 13 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH MIDDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ON AND OFF SHOWERS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ003-004-280000- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON THE PALOUSE AND SOUTHWESTERN REACHES OF SHOSHONE COUNTY AND ON EXPOSED RIDGETOPS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-272300- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T2300Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW. WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ON SOME ROADWAYS AND ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ026-WAZ032-271800- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 748 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, AND GIFFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. * TIMING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ENDED FOR LEWISTON BUT WILL CONTINUE IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IS LIKELY CAUSING LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING ON THE BENCHES SURROUNDING LEWISTON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * 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. && $$
853 WWUS46 KOTX 271757 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS OCCURRING ON CAMAS PRAIRIE...HIGHER BENCHES AROUND LEWISTON...AND INTO THE PALOUSE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE CASCADE CREST, IDAHO PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS, AND INTO THE PALOUSE TODAY... .SEVERAL WINTER HIGHLIGHTS WERE EXTENDED INTO THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND TO ADDRESS ONGOING BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS AROUND THE CAMAS PRAIRIE...LEWISTON AREA...AND PALOUSE. WAZ032-271900- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161227T1800Z/ LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING. $$ WAZ033-280100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T0100Z/ WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, AND UNIONTOWN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WHITMAN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN SPOKANE COUNTY...1-2 INCHES FOR PULLMAN AREA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PALOUSE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ001-002-280100- /O.EXT.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T0100Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, SANDPOINT, ATHOL, BONNERS FERRY, PRIEST RIVER, EASTPORT, AND SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF COEUR D ALENE. * TIMING...BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY TO IMPACT TRAVEL. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WAZ042-280200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...LUCERNE...PLAIN...COLES CORNER...HOLDEN VILLAGE...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-280200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-280200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW. WINDS WILL PEAK THIS MORNING AND DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ON SOME ROADWAYS AND ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE OR CLOSED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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. && $$ IDZ026-280200- /O.EXT.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161228T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA- 957 AM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, AND GIFFORD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ENDED FOR LEWISTON BUT WILL CONTINUE IN EASTERN SECTIONS OF NEZ PERCE COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING AND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IS LIKELY CAUSING LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING ON THE BENCHES SURROUNDING LEWISTON AND EASTERN NEZ PERCE COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
649 WWUS46 KOTX 272037 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS AND IDAHO PALOUSE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL ALLOW WINTER STORM TO EXPIRE IN THE FAR NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...LEWISTON AREA...AND WASHINGTON PALOUSE. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS...IDAHO PALOUSE...AND ALONG THE CASCADE CREST. IDZ001-002-WAZ033-272145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T0100Z/ NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. VALLEY TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S WHILE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED. $$ IDZ026-272145- /O.CAN.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161228T0600Z/ LEWISTON AREA- 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND DECREASING THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ WAZ042-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...HOLDEN VILLAGE...LUCERNE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 2PM. FOLLOWING A SHORT BREAK...SNOW SHOULD PICK BACK UP THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...BECOMING LIGHTER WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ027-WAZ031-280600- /O.CON.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 1237 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, AND CLOVERLAND ROAD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING NOW. WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DECREASE AND LOOK FOR THIS TREND TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULTY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND MAY LEAD TO BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 2500 FEET WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE OR CLOSED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$
072 WWUS46 KOTX 280559 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 959 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 IDZ027-WAZ031-280700- /O.EXP.KOTX.WW.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-161228T0600Z/ LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- 959 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... WHILE SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCASIONALLY PASS THROUGH THESE REGIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS...THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IS DECREASING. THUS THE ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WAZ042-281200- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 959 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...STEHEKIN...PLAIN...HOLDEN VILLAGE...LUCERNE...COLES CORNER...STEVENS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE CASCADE CREST INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 AND STEVENS PASS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING ON EXPOSED RIDGE TOPS. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 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. && $$ IDZ003-004-281500- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 959 PM PST TUE DEC 27 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES OVER THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
808 WWUS46 KOTX 281152 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 352 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 IDZ003-281300- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ IDAHO PALOUSE- 352 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. $$ WAZ042-281300- /O.EXP.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1200Z/ EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 352 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM PST EARLY THIS MORNING... SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE NEAR THE CASCADE CREST EARLY THIS MORNING. CONSEQUENTLY THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ IDZ004-281600- /O.CON.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 352 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...KELLOGG, PINEHURST, OSBURN, WALLACE, MULLAN, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, DOBSON PASS, AND LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING, THEN DECREASE STEADILY. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LEAD TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SHOSHONE COUNTY AND THE IDAHO PALOUSE MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXPOSED AREAS. * 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. && $$
131 WWUS46 KOTX 281545 WSWOTX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 745 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 ...SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING OFF TODAY IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE... IDZ004-281645- /O.CAN.KOTX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-161228T1600Z/ CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- 745 AM PST WED DEC 28 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. $$
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 26, 2:37 AM PST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 2:37 AM PST, 16 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
237 AM PST Mon Dec 26 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
An active winter pattern can be expected this week. A fast moving
storm system will bring the chance for moderate to heavy snow and
gusty winds tonight into Tuesday. More snow will be possible
Thursday night and Friday. Temperatures will remain on the cool
side for much of the week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Today through Tuesday night: Under the westerly flow aloft, high
clouds are spilling into the region early this morning. This may
effect the fog for the morning hours. It may be still patchy but
coverage less. Otherwise with southwest winds below 5k ft and plenty
of moisture, light mountain snow showers or flurries in the
overcast will continue and actually increase. The next in a series
of shortwave troughs will swing into the region overnight into
Tuesday morning. Precipitation will begin in the Cascades by late
afternoon, and then spread across the region overnight. Snow is
good bet with the potential for moderate to locally heavy snow.
Models have shown good consistency with this system and current
winter storm watches will continue to ride with the combination of
snow and gusty winds. In addition with the timing of the peak
snowfall arriving by early Tuesday morning, this increases impacts
for the morning commute Tuesday morning. Snow will gradually
decrease Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening. Gusty winds will
develop late tonight into Tuesday morning with speeds of 30 to 40
mph especially in southeast Washington and the adjacent areas of
the southern Panhandle.
Wednesday through Thursday: The jet pushes northward and a ridge
aloft builds over the the region. NW flow driven orographic showers
will gradually decrease near the Cascade crest and the Idaho
panhandle. The ridge will be transitory, but expect a small break
in the precipitation by mid week. Isentropic lift will increase
across the northern tier counties by Thursday with a return of
light snow. Accumulations will remain under an inch.
Thursday night through Friday night: The speed of an upper level
trough moves down the BC coast is in question for late in the week.
The GFS shows a surface low tracking from northern BC to MT and
dragging a cold front quickly through the region by Thursday
night. The dprog/dt shows the GFS has been the faster solutions
for several runs. The ECMWF has a stronger ridge and slower
arrival of the low and subsequent frontal boundary, meanwhile the
Canadian is somewhere in the middle. Will side toward a slower
arrival of the trough and surface front, mainly for a
Friday/Friday night time frame. A better chance of snow will be
near the Cascade crest and the Panhandle mountains.
Weekend: Confidence tends to lower with the overall pattern. The
00z ECMWF now showing a stronger low in the eastern Pacific and
more of a ridge over the Pac NW, which is opposite of seen in the
previous run and those in the GFS and Canadian. This can be
attributed to the multiple waves in the wave pattern and the
difficulty in agreeing on a specific solution. At this time, will
side for a continued unsettled pattern. /rfox
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: Low level south and southeast flow seems to be diluting
the boundary layer moisture and helping to raise and/or erode some
of the stratus and low clouds, and this in turn has helped to
decrease the amount of light freezing drizzle and/or snow flurry
occurrence tonight. Expectation is that mid and higher level
clouds currently passing over the cascades will help to trend the
precip type toward a more frozen nature such as flurries and
further diminish and/or end the light freezing drizzle. otherwise
some MVFR/IFR ceilings and visibilities associated with this
precipitation remain. Next weather system expected to start
depositing a considerable amount of snowfall near KEAT at around
00Z Tuesday and KGEG at 3Z Tuesday. /Pelatti
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 27 24 34 24 28 20 / 10 100 70 10 0 10
Coeur d'Alene 27 24 34 25 29 20 / 10 100 100 10 10 0
Pullman 28 24 35 28 30 22 / 0 100 100 30 10 10
Lewiston 31 26 40 30 36 23 / 0 90 90 20 10 10
Colville 28 26 32 21 29 21 / 20 100 40 10 0 10
Sandpoint 28 25 32 26 31 22 / 10 100 100 30 10 10
Kellogg 27 23 31 26 30 21 / 10 90 100 70 50 20
Moses Lake 29 21 38 24 36 20 / 0 80 10 0 0 10
Wenatchee 25 22 35 27 34 22 / 10 80 10 10 0 10
Omak 28 22 33 20 29 21 / 20 100 20 10 0 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Storm Watch from this evening through Tuesday morning for
Coeur d'Alene Area-Idaho Palouse-Northern Panhandle.
Winter Storm Watch from this evening through late Tuesday night
for Central Panhandle Mountains.
WA...Winter Storm Watch from this evening through Tuesday morning for
Northeast Mountains-Spokane Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Washington Palouse.
Winter Storm Warning from 4 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST
Wednesday for East Slopes Northern Cascades.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 6:02 AM PST, 20 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 602 AM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031>033-036>038-261415- 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- SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 602 AM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE...THE PALOUSE...AND SPOKANE AREA. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE WHERE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WAZ042-261415- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 602 AM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CASCADE CREST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MOTORISTS WITH PLANS TO DRIVE OVER THE CASCADE PASSES SHOULD MONITOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS AND FORECAST CLOSELY. WAZ034-035-043-044-261415- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN VALLEY- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 602 AM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WAZ041-261415- WENATCHEE AREA- 602 AM PST SUN DEC 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FAST MOVING WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW TO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:40 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant | 34 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.