HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 650 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 Expires:200912161500;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
649 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
649 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE CASCADES...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON
MOUNTAINS...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
MORE MOUNTAIN SNOWS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE
ON THE RISE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE IDAHO PANHANDLE...SO MOST VALLEY
LOCATIONS IN IDAHO WILL CHANGE FROM SNOW TO RAIN BY WEDNESDAY.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A TWO PART STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW TO THE
INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL
ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CHANGING
SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY BEFORE
CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE
CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...
COLVILLE...DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
238 PM PST MON DEC 14 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED
BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 8 TO 16 INCHES
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...COLVILLE... DEER
PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL
ROAD.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
COMMUTING IN THE VALLEYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009 ...A PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
.A TWO PART STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW
TO THE INLAND NORTHWEST. A ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL
FALL ACROSS EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. WARM AIR WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
CHANGING SNOW TO RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS
THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WATERVILLE PLATEAU...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY
BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE
SNOW TO THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY EVENING.
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...
KELLOGG...PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...
FOURTH OF JULY PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS...COLVILLE...
DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...
SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD...FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD
448 AM PST MON DEC 14 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW VALLEYS AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN
THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: ROUND ONE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A BREAK
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY ROUND TWO TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...KELLOGG...
PINEHURST...OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN... FOURTH OF JULY
PASS...DOBSON PASS...LOOKOUT PASS... COLVILLE...DEER PARK...
CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS... SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS
ROAD...ORIN-RICE ROAD... FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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