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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
321 PM PDT WED MAY 14 2008
...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING THIS WEEKEND...
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL MOUNTAIN
SNOWPACK ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY RIVERS
THROUGHOUT THE INLAND NORTHWEST. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR IN NORTH IDAHO....ESPECIALLY ON THE COEUR D'ALENE...ST
JOE...AND MOYIE RIVERS. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON
RIVERS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN BOTH THE MAGNITUDE AND THE
DURATION OF THE WARM WEATHER EPISODE. AS A RESULT...RIVER
FORECASTS WILL LIKELY BE CHANGED SOME THE NEXT FEW DAYS BASED ON THE
LATEST DATA AND WEATHER TRENDS. FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS WILL
LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR DAILY WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA
MONITOR CURRENT RIVER LEVELS AND FORECASTS AT:
HTTP://AHPS2.WRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX /ALL LOWER CASE/
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