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FXUS66 KOTX 190746
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1246 AM PDT SAT JUL 19 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- COOLING TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 80S TO LOW 90S THIS WEEKEND
WITH CONTINUED BREEZY WINDS.
- SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
SYNOPSIS
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AND THEN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
DISCUSSION
IN THE WAKE OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S FRONTAL PASSAGE, DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH VALUES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW DAILY
NORMS. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY, BUT TO A LESSER
DEGREE THAN FRIDAY FOR MOST LOCATIONS.
FOR LATE SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND INTO TUESDAY, A DEEPENING TROUGH
DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TO BRING SHOWERS WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL
LIKELY BE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR
PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST.
IN ADDITION, ANY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO EXHIBIT SLOW STORM
MOTION, SO THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WOULD ENHANCE THE RISK OF
FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY OVER RECENT BURN SCARS AND AREAS OF
STEEP TERRAIN. CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME, BUT THIS WILL
WARRANT WATCHING IN THE COMING DAYS.
DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO RETURN WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN LOW PRESSURE EXITS THE REGION. /KD
AVIATION
06Z TAFS: EASTERN WA AND NORTHERN ID WILL SEE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
GENERALLY LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH 09Z. OTHERWISE, LOOK FOR VFR
CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. WINDS OCCASIONALLY BREEZY OVERNIGHT, BUT
ANOTHER INCREASE IN WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20KTS OR SO IS
EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: HIGH CONFIDENCE
THAT VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES. LOW
CONFIDENCE IN SHOWERS AT TAF SITES. /KD
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SPOKANE 91 60 84 58 82 59 / 0 10 0 0 0 10
COEUR D'ALENE 91 59 83 57 81 58 / 0 10 0 0 0 10
PULLMAN 88 57 80 53 77 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
LEWISTON 99 68 90 64 87 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
COLVILLE 90 49 83 48 81 48 / 10 20 20 10 20 20
SANDPOINT 87 55 79 52 78 53 / 0 10 20 10 10 10
KELLOGG 88 62 78 59 77 60 / 0 10 0 0 0 10
MOSES LAKE 95 58 88 57 85 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
WENATCHEE 93 62 87 62 86 65 / 10 0 0 0 0 10
OMAK 93 57 88 59 87 60 / 20 10 10 0 20 20
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...NONE.
ID...NONE.
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