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.
IDZ003-004-026-027-WAZ031>033-112330-
/O.NEW.KOTX.WS.A.0012.091212T1800Z-091214T0600Z/
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.
&&
$$ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 224 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009 Expiration: 230 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912112230;;
FLUS46 KOTX 102219
HWOOTX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
219 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
IDZ003-004-WAZ033-112230-
IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
219 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE PALOUSE...ESPECIALLY
IN IDAHO...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS
MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THIS INCLUDES THE TOWNS
OF MOSCOW...CLARKIA...DEARY...AND ST. MARIES.
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. MODERATE SNOW WILL
RETURN TO THE REGION ON TUESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
$$
|