HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 613 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 615 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
610 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
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IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
610 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ONE MORE DAY OF UNSEASONABLE COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OVER
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND THE CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE PALOUSE...ESPECIALLY
IN IDAHO...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS GENERALLY
SOUTH OF I90. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF MOSCOW...CLARKIA...DEARY...AND
ST. MARIES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
BLUE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN SURROUNDING THE LEWISTON
AREA.
A STRONG FRONT WILL THEN PASS OVER THE REGION ON
TUESDAY...RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOWFALL. WARMER BUT WET CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO
THE WORK WEEK...WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AND SNOW OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 323 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND
PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
.STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND THE
CENTRAL IDAHO PANHANDLE THIS SATURDAY FOCUSED ALONG A MOIST
PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE AREA
MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS 24 TO 30
HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL.
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IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...
FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...LEWISTON...
LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...
MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...
OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN
323 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: RANGING FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS
AND 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* TIMING: 10 AM PST SATURDAY THROUGH 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...
KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...FOURTH OF
JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...
PECK...CULDESAC...GIFFORD...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...
WINCHESTER...SOLDIERS MEADOW ROAD...ANATONE...PEOLA...
MOUNTAIN ROAD...CLOVERLAND ROAD...CLARKSTON...POMEROY...
ALPOWA SUMMIT...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...
OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY
WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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