FXUS66 KOTX 160607
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1007 PM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
THE NEXT ROUND OF A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WARMER AIR IS
MOVING INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN SNOW...RAIN AND LOCAL FREEZING
RAIN THIS EVENING. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON...
AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL
HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MILDER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
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.DISCUSSION...
UPDATE...THE FORECAST AND WINTER STORM PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
TO CANCEL THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR THE SPOKANE/COEUR
D'ALENE AREA DUE TO WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE END OF SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN. ELSEWHERE...HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE EAST
SLOPES...WENATCHEE AREA...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND OKANOGAN
VALLEY...ENDING THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
IN OTHER NEWS...A BRIEF WAVE OF PRECIPITATION COMING OVER MOSES
LAKE AND THE WESTERN UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN OVERNIGHT WILL BRING
CONTINUED PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THESE LOCATIONS...SO THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS CONTINUED THROUGH 4 AM. THIS SAME WAVE
WILL PUSH EASTWARD AND INTERACT WITH THE TERRAIN OVER NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO...AND WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...UPSLOPE
SNOWS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT. AS SUCH...THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAVE BEEN CONTINUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS IN THESE LOCATIONS.
OTHER THAN TIDYING UP THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...THE REST OF
THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE. /FRIES
&&
.AVIATION...
GENERALLY RAIN WILL BE THE PRECIP TYPE FOR MOST SITES EAST OF KMWH
OVERNIGHT AS YET ANOTHER WAVE OF PRECIPITATION MOVES IN. FARTHER
WEST...NEAR KMWH...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...WITH MAINLY -SN NEAR KEAT. A MID-LEVEL LOW
MOVES INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF MORE
SPOTTY PRECIPITATION...THIS TIME LOOKING TO BE MAINLY -FZRA NEAR
KEAT AND KMWH...WITH -RA AGAIN POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. CIGS AND VIS
WILL LIKELY BE RUNNING IFR OR LOWER AT ALL SITES THROUGH MOST OF
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. /FRIES
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 34 36 33 37 34 37 / 100 60 60 20 20 40
COEUR D'ALENE 30 37 33 39 35 37 / 100 70 60 20 20 40
PULLMAN 35 40 35 38 34 39 / 100 70 60 30 10 20
LEWISTON 38 44 36 42 37 42 / 100 60 40 20 10 10
COLVILLE 24 36 32 35 32 36 / 100 70 60 20 50 50
SANDPOINT 23 32 28 33 29 33 / 100 80 70 20 30 50
KELLOGG 29 38 34 36 32 35 / 100 90 80 60 30 30
MOSES LAKE 27 36 29 37 33 38 / 80 30 40 20 30 20
WENATCHEE 23 32 32 36 29 36 / 90 30 40 30 50 40
OMAK 18 30 30 38 32 36 / 100 50 50 30 60 60
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN
PANHANDLE.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR MOSES LAKE
AREA...UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN.
&&
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