Area forecast discussion
National Weather Service Spokane Washington
559 PM PDT Tue Jun 18 2013
Synopsis...
scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will continue Tuesday
night. By Wednesday a wet and cool weather pattern will take hold
of the region. Showery and cool conditions will continue through
the week, with a drying and warming trend expected this weekend.
Wetter and cooler weather will return early next week.
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Discussion...
first of what is likely to be several updates to the forecast this
evening. Main change with the forecast was to delay the onset of
precipitation for the Spokane/Coeur D'Alene Metro area until late
this evening. Locations north of Spokane will have to wait even
longer for the rain to start. Light rain is just starting to move
into southeast Washington at 6pm. There's a few lightning strikes
associated with this but I don't see a big threat of thunder at
the moment. I'll be digging into this further this evening.
Meanwhile the persistent rain over the Moses Lake area is finally
starting to abate, but there's more showers moving up from the
south. The best chances of rain will be over the Cascades. But all
of this activity should wane as the night progresses.
Just the opposite will occur over the Panhandle. All guidance
agrees that a north-south band of heavy rain will set up over the
Panhandle tonight and Wednesday morning. I'll be looking into this
more for any potential flood highlights. Rj
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Aviation...
00z tafs: another round of showers and thunderstorms will affect all
of the taf sites this evening with moderate rain and some MVFR
cigs. A band of moderate to heavy rain will develop late tonight
along the Washington/Idaho border, and persist through much of Wednesday. This
will bring IFR conditions to most of the eastern taf sites all day.
Kgeg will be on the western edge of this band and conditions may
improve a bit in the late afternoon. Ksff and certainly kcoe will
feel the brunt of this event. To the south, kpuw and lws may see
some improvement in the afternoon but I didn't have enough
confidence in this. Kmwh and keat should remain out of the action
for the most part and will actually have better conditions tomorrow
than today. Rj
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Preliminary point temps/pops...
Spokane 52 54 45 55 44 61 / 100 100 80 80 50 60
Coeur D'Alene 52 54 46 54 42 60 / 100 100 100 90 50 60
Pullman 49 53 44 56 42 60 / 100 100 70 60 30 60
Lewiston 54 58 49 64 44 67 / 100 100 70 60 20 50
Colville 51 63 50 57 48 67 / 80 100 100 100 60 50
Sandpoint 50 56 46 53 45 60 / 100 100 100 100 60 60
Kellogg 50 51 44 51 39 57 / 100 100 100 100 50 60
Moses Lake 55 66 51 65 49 69 / 50 50 50 60 30 30
Wenatchee 56 66 52 64 51 68 / 70 40 50 60 40 30
Omak 53 66 51 64 50 69 / 70 80 70 80 60 50
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Otx watches/warnings/advisories...
Idaho...none.
Washington...none.
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