Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Troy, MT

SYNOPSIS
Expect seasonable temperatures along with chances for showers and isolated to scattered thunderstorms today. Frosty conditions with chilly overnight temperatures will develop Monday night into Tuesday morning. Warm and dry conditions return for the middle of the week, before turning unsettled again at the end of the work week and into the weekend.

DISCUSSION
Areas of showers continue this morning across east-central WA and the central ID Panhandle. Thunderstorm potential also returns by this afternoon, primarily for extreme eastern WA and northern ID. The main threats from any thunderstorms would be small hail and localized gusty winds to around 40 mph. Temps will remain near to slightly below seasonal norms today. Outside of any thunderstorm-induced gusts, breezy winds are also anticipated today, mainly from the lee of the Cascades through the Columbia Basin and towards the Palouse and Blue Mountains.

As winds and cloud cover decrease Monday night, a chilly morning is forecast for Tuesday, with with portions of the lowlands dropping to near 32 degrees. A Freeze Watch continues for the Moses Lake, Wenatchee, and Lewiston areas, as well as Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties Tuesday morning, as these temps could impact the beginning of the growing season in these locales.

A trend to warmer and drier conditions is in store for the middle of the week. The warmest days of the period are currently expected to be on Thursday and Friday, when readings are forecast to be about 4 to 10 degrees above average for most locations. Extended range models bring increasing chances for precipitation with a low pressure system for Friday into the weekend, though finer details in this scenario are likely to evolve in the coming days. /KD

AVIATION
12Z TAFS: VFR conditions are likely to prevail except for a period of potential low stratus for KPUW-KCOE this morning.
Gusty winds up to 25 kt expected at KPUW-KLWS-KEAT today. The best chances (25-50%) for showers are across extreme eastern WA and north ID through 03Z Tuesday.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Low confidence for MVFR conditions for KCOE this morning. Moderate confidence for MVFR conditions for KPUW.

Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs
Spokane 32 59 35 64 37 69 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 Coeur d'Alene 31 58 33 63 35 67 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 Pullman 31 55 33 60 36 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lewiston 36 62 38 67 40 72 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colville 27 61 31 65 34 68 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 Sandpoint 31 57 33 61 35 65 / 20 10 0 0 0 0 Kellogg 33 54 35 59 37 64 / 20 10 0 10 0 0 Moses Lake 33 64 35 69 40 73 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 37 63 39 67 43 69 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Omak 33 64 36 68 39 71 / 0 0 0 0 0 0

OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Tuesday morning for Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses Lake Area- Wenatchee Area.
ID...Freeze Watch from late tonight through Tuesday morning for Lewiston Area.