FXUS66 KOTX 261731
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO LOCATIONS
NEAR THE CASCADES BY THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE HOLDING OFF UNTIL
TONIGHT OVER FAR EASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...AND
LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT GENERALLY DRY AND
SEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SIGNIFICANT COOLING
TREND IS EXPECTED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...UPDATED CLOUD COVER AS VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
ARRIVES THIS MORNING. CURRENTLY MAINTAINED POP FORECAST FOR TODAY
AND INTO FRIDAY APPEAR TO WELL RESOLVE THE EXPECTED TIMING OF
INCOMING WET FRONT AND ITS PASSAGE AND TEMPERATURE FORECASTS
REMAIN REASONABLE SO NO ADDITIONAL UPDATE IS PLANNED AT THIS POINT
IN TIME. /PELATTI
&&
.AVIATION...
INTENSITY OF FOG DECREASING WITH TIME AS INCOMING FRONTAL ZONES
OVERRUNS IT. IN ITS PLACE STABLE VALLEY RAIN WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW
ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST WITH TIME TODAY
AND TONIGHT AND MAKE ITS EXIT TUESDAY...THEREFORE PRIMARILY MVFR
CONDITIONS DUE TO THE FOG/STRATUS OR PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN SOME
SHAPE OR FORM AT TIMES IN THE LOCAL TERMINAL FORECASTS. /PELATTI
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 43 36 40 29 36 29 / 10 70 70 10 10 10
COEUR D'ALENE 43 35 42 29 37 30 / 10 80 70 20 20 20
PULLMAN 48 36 42 28 36 29 / 10 40 80 30 10 10
LEWISTON 53 39 48 34 42 33 / 10 40 60 30 10 10
COLVILLE 43 34 42 27 38 31 / 20 70 70 10 10 20
SANDPOINT 45 35 38 27 33 30 / 10 70 80 30 20 20
KELLOGG 44 35 37 30 32 29 / 10 60 90 50 30 30
MOSES LAKE 44 34 46 28 43 29 / 20 50 10 10 10 0
WENATCHEE 45 34 47 31 44 33 / 30 60 10 10 10 0
OMAK 44 33 45 26 42 30 / 50 70 20 10 10 10
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&
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