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Area Discussion for - Spokane, WA
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 347 PM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024
SYNOPSIS
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will continue with gusty winds, brief downpours and isolated lightning. Showers will continue into Friday with a small chance for thunderstorms northeast Washington into North Idaho. Then a warming and drying trend is expected through the weekend into early next week.
DISCUSSION
Tonight through Friday Night: Showers have popped up across the Eastern third of Washington and ID Panhandle along with a few isolated lightning strikes. With these showers you can expect brief downpours, winds up to 30 mph, graupel/small hail and isolated lightning. As the showers continue during the afternoon heating, decreasing this evening as the sun begins to set. Temperatures remain cooler this afternoon with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Breezy southwest winds will continue in the western portion of the Columbia Basin up through the Okanogan Valley through the afternoon gusts to 25 mph.
Tonight, lingering showers will remain over the mountains, with less intensity from what is seen this afternoon. Light rain could transition to snow in areas where temperatures fall below freezing, but any amounts will remain light. Temperatures will drop into the low 30s again tonight, but remain only a degree or two below normal for this time of year.
Friday will feel like deja vu with a calm morning and showers returning in the afternoon. There will be slightly less coverage but we can't rule out brief downpours and isolated lightning strikes with any shower that forms. These showers will again dissipate around sunset as the temperatures cool overnight. Expect high temperatures to be a degree or two warmer than today. /KM
Saturday and Sunday: The Inland Northwest will remain under an unstable air mass on Saturday for another afternoon of convective shower development, although warming aloft as an upper level ridge begins to nudge into the region from the west-northwest will shrink the coverage to the central and southern Idaho Panhandle. Surface winds will shift to the north as high pressure builds over British Columbia, with breezy north winds down the Okanogan Valley Saturday afternoon. A weak wave sliding down the eastern edge of the ridge Sunday morning will enhance mixing with models showing stronger sustained winds on Sunday of 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
The National Blend of Models is currently showing a 50-70% chance for gusts of 30 mph or above for Tonasket through Ephrata.
Monday through Thursday: Models are in good agreement for an upper level ridge to quickly shift over Washington early Monday and become centered over the Inland Northwest by Tuesday. This will bring drier air and clear skies across the region. Temperatures will warm into the 60s and 70s for Monday and Tuesday region wide.
Warm temperatures will not be here for long as the next weather system approaches the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday. In general, models are in good agreement on the presence of this system to bring relatively cooler temperatures, the return of precipitation (mountain snow, lowland rain/snow), and breezy winds. The Weather Prediction Center ensemble clusters reveal some discrepancies on the timing of the approaching weather system which results in a good amount of uncertainty in the timing of precipitation and a large spread in the high temperature forecast for Wednesday. Nothing currently raises alarms in terms of widespread moderate or above impacts, but we will continue to monitor this period over the next couple of days. /vmt
AVIATION
00Z TAFS: Showers and thunderstorms will continue across Eastern WA and ID Panhandle through the evening mainly east of KGEG, with continued showers over the mountains tonight. Winds will become light and variable overnight with a low chance of fog formation along low valleys and near rivers.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Confidence is low for overnight fog.
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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 33 51 30 55 32 58 / 50 10 0 0 0 0 Coeur d'Alene 33 49 29 53 30 56 / 50 20 0 0 10 0 Pullman 33 49 30 54 32 55 / 40 30 0 0 10 10 Lewiston 38 56 36 59 37 61 / 60 20 0 0 0 10 Colville 31 51 27 54 28 58 / 60 30 10 0 0 0 Sandpoint 34 47 29 51 30 54 / 80 50 0 10 10 10 Kellogg 35 46 31 51 32 53 / 70 50 0 10 10 10 Moses Lake 33 57 32 61 35 64 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 35 54 36 59 37 63 / 30 10 0 0 0 0 Omak 35 56 32 59 34 64 / 30 30 10 0 0 0
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...None.
WA...None.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 347 PM PDT Thu Mar 28 2024
SYNOPSIS
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will continue with gusty winds, brief downpours and isolated lightning. Showers will continue into Friday with a small chance for thunderstorms northeast Washington into North Idaho. Then a warming and drying trend is expected through the weekend into early next week.
DISCUSSION
Tonight through Friday Night: Showers have popped up across the Eastern third of Washington and ID Panhandle along with a few isolated lightning strikes. With these showers you can expect brief downpours, winds up to 30 mph, graupel/small hail and isolated lightning. As the showers continue during the afternoon heating, decreasing this evening as the sun begins to set. Temperatures remain cooler this afternoon with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Breezy southwest winds will continue in the western portion of the Columbia Basin up through the Okanogan Valley through the afternoon gusts to 25 mph.
Tonight, lingering showers will remain over the mountains, with less intensity from what is seen this afternoon. Light rain could transition to snow in areas where temperatures fall below freezing, but any amounts will remain light. Temperatures will drop into the low 30s again tonight, but remain only a degree or two below normal for this time of year.
Friday will feel like deja vu with a calm morning and showers returning in the afternoon. There will be slightly less coverage but we can't rule out brief downpours and isolated lightning strikes with any shower that forms. These showers will again dissipate around sunset as the temperatures cool overnight. Expect high temperatures to be a degree or two warmer than today. /KM
Saturday and Sunday: The Inland Northwest will remain under an unstable air mass on Saturday for another afternoon of convective shower development, although warming aloft as an upper level ridge begins to nudge into the region from the west-northwest will shrink the coverage to the central and southern Idaho Panhandle. Surface winds will shift to the north as high pressure builds over British Columbia, with breezy north winds down the Okanogan Valley Saturday afternoon. A weak wave sliding down the eastern edge of the ridge Sunday morning will enhance mixing with models showing stronger sustained winds on Sunday of 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
The National Blend of Models is currently showing a 50-70% chance for gusts of 30 mph or above for Tonasket through Ephrata.
Monday through Thursday: Models are in good agreement for an upper level ridge to quickly shift over Washington early Monday and become centered over the Inland Northwest by Tuesday. This will bring drier air and clear skies across the region. Temperatures will warm into the 60s and 70s for Monday and Tuesday region wide.
Warm temperatures will not be here for long as the next weather system approaches the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday. In general, models are in good agreement on the presence of this system to bring relatively cooler temperatures, the return of precipitation (mountain snow, lowland rain/snow), and breezy winds. The Weather Prediction Center ensemble clusters reveal some discrepancies on the timing of the approaching weather system which results in a good amount of uncertainty in the timing of precipitation and a large spread in the high temperature forecast for Wednesday. Nothing currently raises alarms in terms of widespread moderate or above impacts, but we will continue to monitor this period over the next couple of days. /vmt
AVIATION
00Z TAFS: Showers and thunderstorms will continue across Eastern WA and ID Panhandle through the evening mainly east of KGEG, with continued showers over the mountains tonight. Winds will become light and variable overnight with a low chance of fog formation along low valleys and near rivers.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Confidence is low for overnight fog.
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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 33 51 30 55 32 58 / 50 10 0 0 0 0 Coeur d'Alene 33 49 29 53 30 56 / 50 20 0 0 10 0 Pullman 33 49 30 54 32 55 / 40 30 0 0 10 10 Lewiston 38 56 36 59 37 61 / 60 20 0 0 0 10 Colville 31 51 27 54 28 58 / 60 30 10 0 0 0 Sandpoint 34 47 29 51 30 54 / 80 50 0 10 10 10 Kellogg 35 46 31 51 32 53 / 70 50 0 10 10 10 Moses Lake 33 57 32 61 35 64 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 35 54 36 59 37 63 / 30 10 0 0 0 0 Omak 35 56 32 59 34 64 / 30 30 10 0 0 0
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...None.
WA...None.
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