FXUS66 KOTX 070531
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
931 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
BLUSTERY NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEKEND. SLIGHTLY WARMER...BUT STILL DRY AND COLD CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW ARRIVING IN TIME FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATE FOR TONIGHT...WINDS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA CONTINUE TO BE
GUSTY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER SPEEDS HAVE GENERALLY FALLEN BELOW
THE SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUST 45 MPH...CRITERIA. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM.
IN OTHER NEWS...THE GUSTY ENE FLOW HAS BROUGHT ARCTIC AIR GUSHING
INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE CONTINUE TO FALL OFF THIS EVENING INTO
THE NEGATIVE TEENS FAHRENHEIT. THIS DRY COLD AIR COMBINED WITH
MODESTLY WEAKENING SURFACE WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
CONTINUE TO FALL AGGRESSIVELY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A LACK OF
SNOW COVER ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA WILL LIMIT ANY HELP FROM
RADIATIONAL COOLING. AS A RESULT...LOWS LOOK TO BE WIDESPREAD IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
LIKELY MAKE IT FEEL -10 TO -20F THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THOSE
TRAVELING ABOUT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD OVERNIGHT AND
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. /FRIES
&&
.AVIATION...
STRONG ENE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AT ALL
SITES. WINDS AS OF 07/06Z GENERALLY WERE GENERALLY 15-20 KTS WITH
GUSTS TO 30 KTS IN MOST LOCATIONS...AND THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY
PERSIST THROUGH 07/12Z. DURING THE DAY MONDAY...GRADIENTS WILL
GRADUALLY RELAX SUCH THAT WINDS WILL GO LIGHT/VARIABLE BY MONDAY
EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD. /FRIES
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SPOKANE 6 15 1 12 5 15 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 5 14 1 13 4 14 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
PULLMAN 4 15 5 12 2 16 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 12 20 7 17 9 22 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 8 17 2 15 8 16 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
SANDPOINT 1 9 -2 8 3 12 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
KELLOGG 2 9 0 8 3 11 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
MOSES LAKE 10 21 4 18 4 20 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 10 18 -2 17 4 23 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 7 18 -1 19 6 21 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
&&
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