Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Manson, WA

SYNOPSIS
Breezy winds and low humidity will linger through today. Above average temperatures will return Friday with highs in the 60s.
Saturday through Monday will see seasonable temperatures along with chances for showers. Warm and dry conditions are expected to return toward the middle of next week.

DISCUSSION
Tonight and tomorrow: Dry northerly winds will continue through this evening down the Okanogan Valley, over the Waterville Plateau, and in the northern Columbia Basin with gusts of 20 to 25 mph. With dry and breezy weather, grass fires will remain a concern in areas of dead grass and/or dry fuels from last year's growth. Another night of chilly temperatures is in store for us tonight with clear skies and light winds after sunset promoting strong radiational cooling.
Morning lows on Friday will be near to just below freezing.
Temperatures will be quick to warm after sunrise tomorrow though with afternoon highs 3 to 7 degrees warmer than today's thanks to a ridge of high pressure building over the region.

Saturday through Monday: Heading into the weekend our ridge of high pressure will shift east and a weak troughing pattern will take its place, bringing cooler temperatures, breezy winds out of the west, and chances for precip over areas of higher terrain. Snow levels will start out around 4500 feet Saturday morning over the Cascades and ID Panhandle and will trend lower each morning through Monday.
By Monday morning snow levels will be sitting at 2700 to 3000 feet over the Cascades and 3300 to 3800 feet over the ID Panhandle.
Mountain passes could see some snow Sunday and Monday mornings with the lower snow levels, but precip amounts are looking very light so snow amounts will likely be under an inch. For lower elevations there is less than a 10% chance of wetting rains. Highs will be in the upper 50s and 60s and lows in 30s and 40s.

Most models are indicating a return of high pressure toward the middle of next week leading to another dry and warm period, though some uncertainty remains. /Fewkes

AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: Very quiet weather through 06z Sat with terrain driven winds less than 10 kts, and passing mid and high level clouds.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence in VFR conditions through 06z Saturday. JW

----------------------- Confidence descriptors: Low - Less than a 30 percent chance Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance High - Greater than a 70 percent chance

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs
Spokane 33 63 39 60 38 57 / 0 0 0 10 10 10 Coeur d'Alene 31 61 36 56 37 55 / 0 0 0 20 20 20 Pullman 31 58 37 57 37 55 / 0 0 0 10 10 10 Lewiston 36 65 41 64 42 62 / 0 0 0 10 10 0 Colville 29 64 36 61 37 57 / 0 0 10 30 20 30 Sandpoint 32 58 37 53 37 50 / 0 0 0 30 50 50 Kellogg 31 57 37 53 39 51 / 0 0 0 40 30 30 Moses Lake 34 69 43 69 38 65 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 40 70 46 66 42 62 / 0 0 0 10 0 0 Omak 37 67 44 65 37 59 / 0 0 10 20 0 0

OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...None.
ID...None.