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FXUS66 KOTX 142217
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
317 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS THIS WEEKEND.
SYNOPSIS
DRY WEATHER WITH SEASONABLE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THURSDAY WITH COLD OVERNIGHT LOWS. WET WEATHER AND
BREEZY WINDS LOOK TO RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY: DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE IN PLACE
ACROSS THE INLAND NORTHWEST TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH
WIDESPREAD FROST AGAIN LIKELY. THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXPANDED INTO THE WENATCHEE AREA FOR TONIGHT.
BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, A SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PASS MAINLY
NORTH OF THE AREA, BUT WILL STILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
FOR THE CASCADE CREST AND IDAHO PANHANDLE. A DEEPER AND
STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. INCREASED CHANCES
FOR WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED.
WASHINGTON PASS HAS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEEING APPRECIABLE SNOW,
BUT THE OTHER PASSES WILL ALSO WARRANT WATCHING OVER THE COMING
DAYS. IN ADDITION, BREEZY/GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM, LIKELY PEAKING ON SUNDAY. KD
AVIATION
00Z TAFS: PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS WITH CLOUDS GRADUALLY
BREAKING UP OVER PORTIONS OF THE ID PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST
WA TODAY. SOME PERSISTENT CLOUDINESS NEAR KPUW/KLWS MAY
OCCASIONALLY BRUSH MVFR CONDITIONS. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE 24HR TAF PERIOD.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: HIGH CONFIDENCE
IN PREDOMINANTLY VFR CONDITIONS.
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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
FOR ADDITIONAL PROBABILISTIC INFORMATION FOR NWS SPOKANE
AIRPORTS, PLEASE REFER TO THE AVIATION DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBPAGE:
HTTPS:/WEATHER.GOV/OTX/AVNDASHBOARD
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SPOKANE 32 60 31 58 35 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 31 60 33 58 36 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
PULLMAN 31 54 30 57 35 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
LEWISTON 39 60 38 62 42 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
COLVILLE 21 60 21 58 22 57 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 29 59 29 55 32 53 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
KELLOGG 36 59 36 57 38 53 / 0 0 10 0 10 30
MOSES LAKE 27 61 30 60 35 63 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 33 62 40 62 45 63 / 0 0 0 0 10 0
OMAK 29 62 34 62 37 61 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...FROST ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR
MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA.
FROST ADVISORY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY
FOR MOSES LAKE AREA.
ID...NONE.
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