279
FXUS66 KOTX 020716
AFDOTX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1216 AM PDT FRI OCT 2 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY TREND WARMER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
AFTERNOON HIGHS PEAK IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.
- DRY WEATHER THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
SYNOPSIS
TEMPERATURES WILL TREND WARMER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK,
RISING INTO THE 70S AND LOW 80S BY THE WEEKEND. CONDITIONS ARE
LOOKING BENIGN THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER WITH DRY
CONDITIONS AND MAINLY LIGHT WINDS.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY: AN UPPER RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE
WESTERN US PROVIDING DRY CONDITIONS AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. OCCASIONALLY THE
RIDGE WILL BE FLATTENED BY MID LEVEL WAVES PASSING THROUGH
BRINGING PASSING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. ONE SUCH WAVE WILL PASS
THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THEN THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS LEADING TO MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL ALSO BRING THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE 7 DAY FORECAST WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S
TO LOW 80S. THEN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ADDITIONAL
WAVES PASS THROUGH FOR MORE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AND HIGH
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. NIGHT TIME
LOWS WITH THE LONGER NIGHTS AND DRY AIR WILL VARY DEPENDING ON
LOCATION WITH THE WARMEST SPOTS SUCH AS WENATCHEE AND LEWISTON
AS WARM AS THE LOW TO MID 50S, WHILE AREAS WITH STRONGER
RADITATIONAL COOLING SUCH AS THE NORTHERN VALLEYS DROP INTO THE
MID 30S TO LOW 40S. JW
AVIATION
06Z TAFS: HIGH CLOUDS WILL PERSIST REGIONWIDE OVERNIGHT,
CLEARING FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT (LESS THAN 10 KTS)
THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: HIGH CONFIDENCE
FOR VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. JW
-----------------------
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:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OTX/AVNDASHBOARD
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SPOKANE 73 45 75 45 79 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COEUR D'ALENE 71 45 74 46 79 49 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
PULLMAN 72 44 76 46 80 48 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEWISTON 78 50 79 51 83 55 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLVILLE 73 37 75 38 80 41 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
SANDPOINT 68 41 71 43 76 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
KELLOGG 70 45 74 46 80 49 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
MOSES LAKE 77 45 80 47 81 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
WENATCHEE 77 53 77 54 79 56 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OMAK 75 48 77 49 80 50 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WA...NONE.
ID...NONE.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page