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FXUS66 KOTX 290449
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
949 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2025
SYNOPSIS
COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS, AND SNOW RETURNING TO THE
MOUNTAINS AS WELL.
DISCUSSION
SHOWERS (PERHAPS WITH A FEW ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS) ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SHOWERY DAY IS LIKELY FOR SATURDAY UNDER A
PASSING DISTURBANCE BUT LESS COVERAGE THAN TODAY IS ANTICIPATED.
THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP ARE FORECAST FOR THE ID PANHANDLE,
BLUE MOUNTAINS, AND NORTHERN WA MOUNTAINS. NEXT WEEK STARTS
MOSTLY, BUT NOT COMPLETELY, PRECIP-FREE FOR SUNDAY, BEFORE LOW
PRESSURE PUSHES INTO AND ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST FOR MONDAY
INTO MIDWEEK. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 2500-3500 FT AT TIMES, BUT
MOST FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL BE CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
PASSES. TEMPS THROUGH THE 7-DAY FORECAST DON'T LOOK TO STRAY TOO
FAR FROM SEASONAL NORMS, WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO
MID 50S FOR MOST LOCATIONS. EXTENDED RANGE MODELS INDICATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR RIDGING RETURNING AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT
WEEKEND, WHICH WOULD INDICATE A RETURN TO DRY AND WARMING
CONDITIONS. /KD
AVIATION
06Z TAFS: VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. SHOWER CHANCES DEVELOP
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT COVERAGE WILL BE LESS THAN TODAY, WITH COE
HAVING THE MAIN POTENTIAL OF TAF SITES BUT LESS THAN A 20% CHANCE.
SMALL CHANCE (10-20%) OF IFR STRATUS FOR KGEG-KCOE-KPUW FROM
13-17Z.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: LOW CONFIDENCE IN
IFR STRATUS OVERNIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY NEAR GEG/SFF/COE/PUW.
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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
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SPOKANE 36 52 33 56 40 52 / 20 10 0 0 40 80
COEUR D'ALENE 35 51 33 56 37 51 / 30 10 10 0 40 80
PULLMAN 35 48 32 53 39 51 / 30 20 0 0 50 80
LEWISTON 42 55 37 60 43 58 / 40 20 0 0 40 80
COLVILLE 31 51 31 55 35 49 / 50 30 10 10 30 80
SANDPOINT 36 49 33 53 36 48 / 50 30 10 10 30 90
KELLOGG 37 46 35 52 39 47 / 40 30 10 20 40 90
MOSES LAKE 35 58 33 60 41 57 / 10 0 0 0 50 50
WENATCHEE 38 58 36 55 41 53 / 20 10 0 0 50 50
OMAK 37 57 33 58 40 55 / 40 10 0 0 30 80
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ID...NONE.
WA...NONE.
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