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Area Discussion for - Spokane, WA
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FXUS66 KOTX 191002 AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 302 AM PDT Tue Mar 19 2024
SYNOPSIS
Warm and dry weather under High pressure will slowly transition to cooler and wetter by late week. Temperatures will trend closer to seasonal normal. Chances of lowland rain and mountain snow will return by the weekend with snow accumulations especially at mountain passes.
DISCUSSION
Today and Wednesday: The satellite imagery early this morning has quite a stark contrast of where the ridge of high pressure is and where the approaching trough is located in the Pacific. The entire Western US is nearly cloud free, save for eastern Arizona early this AM. Today will feature nearly a repeat of the last few days with dry, warm, and quiet weather for the Inland Northwest.
The airmass has changed very little over the last 24-48 hours (850mb temperature +11C, PWAT 0.42 inches), so there is another opportunity to see near record high temperatures for many locations across the Inland Northwest Today. Winds will remain light under a dry environment with increasing high clouds moving into the northern WA/north ID areas. Wednesday, additional increasing clouds will spread through the region as we see a shortwave feature work to flatten out the ridge and effectively transition us back to a more Northwest Spring weather pattern. Bid a farewell (at least for now) to our warm and dry weather as we begin to see a shift back to cooler and wetter. West- southwest winds will become breezy Wednesday across the eastern Cascade slopes, the Columbia Basin, into the Palouse and north Idaho. The cooling trend will begin to alter the airmass with cooling settling in and increasing moisture as we move into later in the week. /Dewey
Thursday through Monday: Unsettled and cooler conditions return during the extended portion of the forecast. Though cooler, daytime temps will still remain above normal for Thursday and Friday, and snow levels will generally remain above 3500 feet. Any snow-related impacts are anticipated to be minimal. Temps and snow levels drop farther for the weekend into early next week. The passes will see greater chances for accumulating snow for this period, with snow potential dropping into the northern ID panhandle lowlands as well.
Those that have quickly gotten used to the warm and dry conditions of late will need to reacclimate to more seasonal weather as daily chances for rain and snow persist into the beginning of next week.
/KD
AVIATION
06Z TAFS: High pressure will result in VFR conditions regionwide for the next 24 hours.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence in VFR conditions. Low confidence in patchy ground fog in sheltered valleys and near bodies of water tonight. JW
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Confidence descriptors: Low - Less than a 30 percent chance Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance High - Greater than a 70 percent chance
For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane airports, please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our webpage: https:// www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Spokane 68 42 63 41 57 40 / 0 0 0 10 30 30 Coeur d'Alene 65 41 61 39 54 39 / 0 0 0 10 60 50 Pullman 68 44 63 42 54 41 / 0 0 0 30 50 40 Lewiston 74 47 71 46 62 45 / 0 0 0 40 30 20 Colville 67 38 64 38 58 37 / 0 0 10 20 40 30 Sandpoint 61 41 57 39 50 37 / 0 10 10 30 80 70 Kellogg 65 44 60 42 49 42 / 0 0 10 30 80 70 Moses Lake 72 39 69 42 64 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 73 44 68 43 61 44 / 0 0 0 0 10 10 Omak 73 43 69 42 63 42 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...None.
WA...None.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 302 AM PDT Tue Mar 19 2024
SYNOPSIS
Warm and dry weather under High pressure will slowly transition to cooler and wetter by late week. Temperatures will trend closer to seasonal normal. Chances of lowland rain and mountain snow will return by the weekend with snow accumulations especially at mountain passes.
DISCUSSION
Today and Wednesday: The satellite imagery early this morning has quite a stark contrast of where the ridge of high pressure is and where the approaching trough is located in the Pacific. The entire Western US is nearly cloud free, save for eastern Arizona early this AM. Today will feature nearly a repeat of the last few days with dry, warm, and quiet weather for the Inland Northwest.
The airmass has changed very little over the last 24-48 hours (850mb temperature +11C, PWAT 0.42 inches), so there is another opportunity to see near record high temperatures for many locations across the Inland Northwest Today. Winds will remain light under a dry environment with increasing high clouds moving into the northern WA/north ID areas. Wednesday, additional increasing clouds will spread through the region as we see a shortwave feature work to flatten out the ridge and effectively transition us back to a more Northwest Spring weather pattern. Bid a farewell (at least for now) to our warm and dry weather as we begin to see a shift back to cooler and wetter. West- southwest winds will become breezy Wednesday across the eastern Cascade slopes, the Columbia Basin, into the Palouse and north Idaho. The cooling trend will begin to alter the airmass with cooling settling in and increasing moisture as we move into later in the week. /Dewey
Thursday through Monday: Unsettled and cooler conditions return during the extended portion of the forecast. Though cooler, daytime temps will still remain above normal for Thursday and Friday, and snow levels will generally remain above 3500 feet. Any snow-related impacts are anticipated to be minimal. Temps and snow levels drop farther for the weekend into early next week. The passes will see greater chances for accumulating snow for this period, with snow potential dropping into the northern ID panhandle lowlands as well.
Those that have quickly gotten used to the warm and dry conditions of late will need to reacclimate to more seasonal weather as daily chances for rain and snow persist into the beginning of next week.
/KD
AVIATION
06Z TAFS: High pressure will result in VFR conditions regionwide for the next 24 hours.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence in VFR conditions. Low confidence in patchy ground fog in sheltered valleys and near bodies of water tonight. JW
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Confidence descriptors: Low - Less than a 30 percent chance Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance High - Greater than a 70 percent chance
For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane airports, please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our webpage: https:// www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Spokane 68 42 63 41 57 40 / 0 0 0 10 30 30 Coeur d'Alene 65 41 61 39 54 39 / 0 0 0 10 60 50 Pullman 68 44 63 42 54 41 / 0 0 0 30 50 40 Lewiston 74 47 71 46 62 45 / 0 0 0 40 30 20 Colville 67 38 64 38 58 37 / 0 0 10 20 40 30 Sandpoint 61 41 57 39 50 37 / 0 10 10 30 80 70 Kellogg 65 44 60 42 49 42 / 0 0 10 30 80 70 Moses Lake 72 39 69 42 64 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 73 44 68 43 61 44 / 0 0 0 0 10 10 Omak 73 43 69 42 63 42 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...None.
WA...None.
Airport Reports
EDIT (hide/show)  Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
KSZT SANDPOINT,ID | 4 sm | 14 min | calm | 10 sm | Clear | 32°F | 32°F | 100% | 30.08 |
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