FXUS66 KOTX 272136
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
136 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
RAIN WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO. MANY PLACES WILL EXPERIENCE
SUNSHINE BY THE AFTERNOON. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MAINLY
DRY CONDITIONS TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST THIS WEEK. A WEAK FRONTAL
SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE
CHILLY...BUT DRY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...ISSUED DENSE FOG ADVISORY DUE TO FOG DEVELOPMENT
UNDER THE SLOWLY EXITING CLOUD SHIELD NEAR THE
LEWISTON...CLARKSTON...AND WINCHESTER AREA AND GENERALLY ABOVE
2500 FEET MSL UNTIL 7 PM. EXPECT DE-INTENSIFICATION OF THIS FOG
IN A SLOW WEST TO EAST FASHION WITH THE EXIT OF THE CLOUD SHIELD
WHICH IS QUITE SLOW. /PELATTI
&&
.AVIATION...
RAIN AND SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TIME TODAY. ANY
LINGERING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY FOG/STRATUS/PRECIP
SHOULD BECOME MORE VFR WITH TIME TODAY AS FRONTAL ZONE EXITS THE
REGION. FOG/STRATUS LINGERS UNDER THE SLOWLY EXITING CLOUD SHIELD
AND IS PRODUCING LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES...AND MAY CONTINUE
TO DO SO TO 02Z SATURDAY...OTHERWISE MORE FOG/STRATUS
REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER 10Z IN VALLEYS AND LOWLANDS OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND LINGERING TO 18Z OR POSSIBLY LONGER AS
HIGHER PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. /PELATTI
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 27 36 28 38 33 44 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 28 37 29 39 33 44 / 10 20 10 10 0 0
PULLMAN 29 37 28 39 33 45 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 33 44 30 47 34 50 / 10 10 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 28 38 31 39 34 43 / 0 20 10 10 10 10
SANDPOINT 24 35 29 35 33 39 / 10 30 20 20 10 10
KELLOGG 27 34 28 36 32 42 / 20 30 30 20 10 10
MOSES LAKE 24 42 28 43 34 45 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 32 44 33 46 35 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 26 42 29 44 34 45 / 0 10 0 0 0 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET
FOR LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES...LEWISTON AREA.
WA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2500 FEET
FOR LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES.
&&
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