FXUS66 KOTX 021733
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
933 AM PST WED DEC 2 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
DRY...COOL AND QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
REGION FOR MOST OF THE WORK WEEK. ANOTHER POTENTIAL WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION BY FRIDAY PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW AND
GUSTY NORTH WINDS. A SHARP COOL DOWN IS INCREASINGLY LIKELY BY THE
WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
REST OF TODAY...NO FORECAST UPDATES ANTICIPATED FOR THE TODAY
PERIOD. DRY AND COOL NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH
A STABLE AIR MASS. THIS WILL PROMOTE MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS
THROUGH OUT THE REGION TODAY...WITH JUST A FEW STUBBORN PATCHES OF
STRATUS IN NORTHERN VALLEYS WHICH WILL ERODE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS CHANGE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS LEADING TO ANOTHER
COLD AND CLEAR NIGHT TONIGHT WITH PATCHY MORNING FOG NEAR WATER
COURSES BY DAWN. /FUGAZZI
&&
.AVIATION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL KEEP THE INLAND
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS
A RESULT...EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS AT
MOST TAF SITES THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF
SHALLOW FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT NEAR RIVERS...POSSIBLY IMPACTING
THE KLWS AND KSFF TAF SITES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 33 15 31 20 33 20 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
COEUR D'ALENE 35 16 34 21 36 22 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
PULLMAN 34 16 33 22 34 20 / 0 0 0 0 10 30
LEWISTON 39 19 37 23 41 25 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
COLVILLE 35 14 35 22 35 27 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
SANDPOINT 32 13 29 17 28 24 / 0 0 0 10 20 30
KELLOGG 33 16 30 21 31 21 / 0 0 0 10 20 40
MOSES LAKE 37 15 35 19 35 22 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
WENATCHEE 37 18 37 23 41 26 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
OMAK 35 16 35 22 38 25 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&
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