A cold and conditionally unstable air mass had become established across the Inland Northwest as a cold upper-level trough anchored over the region. A second low pressure system within a 36 hour period tracked across northern Oregon spreading a band of moderate snow within a deformation axis across extreme southeastern Washington and the lower Idaho Panhandle.
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The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
A cold and conditionally unstable air mass had become established across the Inland Northwest as a cold upper-level trough anchored over the region. A second low pressure system within a 36 hour period tracked across northern Oregon spreading a band of moderate snow within a deformation axis across extreme southeastern Washington and the lower Idaho Panhandle. As the low pressure system departed to the east, northwest flow in its wake led to numerous snow showers across the rising terrain of the Blue Mountains.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 7, 9:21 PM PST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
921 PM PST Fri Feb 7 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
The next storm system will spread light snow across far southern
Washington and the lower Idaho Panhandle tonight into Saturday morning.
There will be chances for wintry precipitation through much of
next week. Temperatures will moderate back to seasonal readings.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
As low pressure system brings clouds and snow and passes quite
close to the southern edge of the forecast area the locations to
the north are still quite void of clouds and have a cold air mass
along with snow on the ground. This has caused the minimum
forecast temperatures for tonight to be complex, and as such have
updated again to cool them further north and this time the cooling
has impacted the zone wording enough to warrant an update.
Otherwise per most models and a number of recent HRRR model runs
the winter weather advisory highlighting the accumulating snow to
the south remains valid. /Pelatti
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: Low pressure system passage skirting across the southern
edge of the aviation area will impact KLWS and KPUW with snow
tonight into tomorrow producing IFR ceilings and visibilities while
most other aviation locations further north will likely not have
any snow from it but may have radiation fog and low stratus
primarily during the overnight and early morning hours. /Pelatti
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Spokane 4 22 9 24 18 28 / 10 30 10 30 40 60
Coeur d'Alene -1 23 9 25 19 31 / 10 20 10 30 40 60
Pullman 13 24 14 28 22 32 / 20 70 20 40 50 60
Lewiston 16 30 22 33 28 37 / 70 80 40 40 40 50
Colville 1 27 9 28 17 33 / 10 10 10 20 30 60
Sandpoint 5 24 10 25 19 31 / 10 10 10 20 30 60
Kellogg 6 24 12 27 21 32 / 10 40 30 40 60 70
Moses Lake 9 25 14 26 18 30 / 20 50 20 20 30 40
Wenatchee 12 24 16 27 20 31 / 20 60 20 30 30 30
Omak 4 26 12 27 19 31 / 10 10 0 10 20 40
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST Saturday for Lewis and
Southern Nez Perce Counties-Lewiston Area.
WA...Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST Saturday for Lower
Garfield and Asotin Counties-Northeast Blue Mountains.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 449 PM PST FRI FEB 7 2014 IDZ001>004-WAZ033>038-041>044-090100- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA- UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS- OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 449 PM PST FRI FEB 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. IDZ026-027-WAZ031-032-090100- LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES- NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES- 449 PM PST FRI FEB 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT PRODUCING MORE SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEK. ON SUNDAY MOST OF WHAT FALLS WILL BE SNOW. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS WITH SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER TERRAIN.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
620 PM PST FRI FEB 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM SNOW 10 NE SPOKANE 47.77N 117.26W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM SNOW 6 NE ELK 48.08N 117.19W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH PEND OREILLE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-PO-1
0600 AM SNOW 10 SW WENATCHEE 47.32N 120.48W
02/07/2014 E3.0 INCH CHELAN WA PUBLIC
MISSION RIDGE
0600 AM SNOW LOOKOUT PASS 47.46N 115.69W
02/07/2014 E2.0 INCH SHOSHONE ID PUBLIC
SKI RESORT
0600 AM SNOW LOUP LOUP CAMPGROUND 48.40N 119.90W
02/07/2014 E2.0 INCH OKANOGAN WA PUBLIC
SKI RESORT
0600 AM SNOW 3 E SPOKANE 47.67N 117.35W
02/07/2014 M1.6 INCH SPOKANE WA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SPOKANE FIRE TRAINING STATION
0600 AM SNOW STEVENS PASS 47.75N 121.09W
02/07/2014 E2.0 INCH KING WA PUBLIC
SKI RESORT
0600 AM SNOW SPOKANE 47.67N 117.41W
02/07/2014 M1.8 INCH SPOKANE WA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SPOKANE FIRE STATION 4
0600 AM SNOW RITZVILLE 47.11N 118.38W
02/07/2014 M2.3 INCH ADAMS WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW 3 S KELLOGG 47.50N 116.14W
02/07/2014 E2.0 INCH SHOSHONE ID PUBLIC
SILVER MOUNTAIN
0615 AM SNOW 4 E SPIRIT LAKE 47.96N 116.79W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-1
0630 AM SNOW 4 SW SPOKANE 47.63N 117.47W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
0630 AM SNOW 3 SW CLAYTON 47.98N 117.61W
02/07/2014 M1.2 INCH STEVENS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-ST-1
0630 AM SNOW 2 N FOUR LAKES 47.59N 117.59W
02/07/2014 M2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
0630 AM SNOW 1 NNE COLFAX 46.90N 117.36W
02/07/2014 M5.0 INCH WHITMAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SSW PALOUSE 46.87N 117.09W
02/07/2014 M2.0 INCH WHITMAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-WM-5
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNE HAYDEN LAKE 47.78N 116.74W
02/07/2014 M1.5 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-14
0700 AM SNOW 2 NNE EAST WENATCHEE 47.44N 120.27W
02/07/2014 M1.2 INCH DOUGLAS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-DG-16
0700 AM SNOW GENESEE MCGREGOR 46.55N 116.91W
02/07/2014 M3.8 INCH LATAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 2 SSE EAST WENATCHEE 47.40N 120.28W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH DOUGLAS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-DG-20
0700 AM SNOW 1 N EAST WENATCHEE 47.44N 120.29W
02/07/2014 M1.4 INCH DOUGLAS WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-DG-3
0700 AM SNOW ROSALIA 47.23N 117.37W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 12 N LEAVENWORTH 47.77N 120.66W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-33
0700 AM SNOW 5 SSW PESHASTIN 47.49N 120.63W
02/07/2014 M1.2 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-8
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SW MOSCOW 46.72N 117.02W
02/07/2014 M4.0 INCH LATAH ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-LT-3
0700 AM SNOW 4 NW ALENE 47.74N 116.84W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-6
0700 AM SNOW CLARKIA RANGER STATION 47.02N 116.27W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH SHOSHONE ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW PULLMAN MCGREGOR 46.76N 117.17W
02/07/2014 M4.0 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW LaCrosse McGregor 46.81N 117.88W
02/07/2014 M3.8 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW ASOTIN 46.20N 117.25W
02/07/2014 M2.0 INCH ASOTIN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY SNOW FIELDS SPRING S.P. 46.08N 117.17W
02/07/2014 M4.0 INCH ASOTIN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 6 NNE HAYDEN 47.83N 116.73W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-19
0715 AM SNOW 2 WSW MALAGA 47.36N 120.23W
02/07/2014 M1.4 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-17
0730 AM SNOW 1 NNW HAYDEN 47.77N 116.80W
02/07/2014 M1.5 INCH KOOTENAI ID TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS ID-KT-21
0730 AM SNOW Turnbull CRN 47.42N 117.53W
02/07/2014 M2.9 INCH SPOKANE WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0747 AM SNOW CLARKSTON HEIGHTS 46.39N 117.08W
02/07/2014 M1.3 INCH ASOTIN WA PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING. FACEBOOK REPORT.
0800 AM SNOW CHENEY 47.49N 117.58W
02/07/2014 M1.8 INCH SPOKANE WA PUBLIC
FACEBOOK REPORT
0800 AM SNOW PLUMMER 47.31N 116.95W
02/07/2014 M2.5 INCH BENEWAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW FERNWOOD 47.11N 116.40W
02/07/2014 M3.0 INCH BENEWAH ID CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 2 WSW DEER PARK 47.95N 117.48W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-14
0800 AM SNOW 1 NW PLAIN 47.77N 120.66W
02/07/2014 M1.0 INCH CHELAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-CH-35
0800 AM SNOW 11 N DAVENPORT 47.81N 118.11W
02/07/2014 M1.3 INCH LINCOLN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-LN-5
0830 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 SE WAHA 46.15N 116.76W
02/07/2014 M4.0 INCH NEZ PERCE ID PUBLIC
SOLDIERS MEADOWS
0858 AM SNOW 4 S SPOKANE 47.61N 117.41W
02/07/2014 M2.0 INCH SPOKANE WA NWS EMPLOYEE
FELL OVERNIGHT. WATER EQUIVALENT WAS 0.09 INCHES.
0900 AM SNOW 3 NW AIRWAY HEIGHTS 47.68N 117.63W
02/07/2014 M1.7 INCH SPOKANE WA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
NWS SPOKANE
0900 AM SNOW 5 N SPOKANE 47.75N 117.41W
02/07/2014 M1.2 INCH SPOKANE WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-SP-30
0900 AM SNOW POMEROY 46.47N 117.60W
02/07/2014 E3.0 INCH GARFIELD WA PUBLIC
FACEBOOK REPORT
0900 AM SNOW SE THORNTON 47.12N 117.39W
02/07/2014 M3.5 INCH WHITMAN WA TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS WA-WM-10
0330 PM SNOW LIND 47.00N 118.57W
02/07/2014 M2.7 INCH ADAMS WA CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 PM HEAVY SNOW LA CROSSE 46.82N 117.88W
02/07/2014 M4.0 INCH WHITMAN WA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
MATThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts ranged between four and seven inches.
Snowfall amounts ranged between three to four inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 495437, 495438.