Cataldo, Idaho

The precipitation at Spokane Airport in the past 24 hours
was 0.61 inches. This sets the record for the most precipitation
for this date. The previous record of 0.55 inches was set in 1906.
Records have been kept at this site since 1881.

12/15/2009 0843 am

6 miles E of Wallace, Shoshone County.

Heavy snow m4.0 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Shoshone 26. Elev 3420 ft.




12/15/2009 1150 am

2 miles WNW of Kellogg, Shoshone County.

Heavy snow e4.5 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            4 to 5 inches of new snow beginning last night through
            1000 am this morning... spotter ID sh102 at 2222 ft.




12/15/2009 0843 am

6 miles E of Wallace, Shoshone County.

Heavy snow m4.0 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Shoshone 26. Elev 3420 ft.




12/15/2009 1150 am

2 miles WNW of Kellogg, Shoshone County.

Heavy snow e4.5 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            4 to 5 inches of new snow beginning last night through
            1000 am this morning... spotter ID sh102 at 2222 ft.

... Storm total snow accumulations for the past 48 hours for
eastern Washington and northern Idaho...

Two moist Pacific storms impacted the region starting the
afternoon of 14 December through the morning of 16 December 2009.
Below are a collection of snow reports that were received on the
15th of December unless otherwise noted with a 16th (after time
of observation). Some of the reports are from the morning
hours... which may not fully represent the entire two-part storm.
Other reports which were received during the afternoon and evening
hours of the 15th or morning of the 16th... likely represent the
entire collective storm total over 30-48 hours.


Location elevation snowfall time of source
                 (feet) (inches) observation
___________________________________________________________

... Idz001 - northern Idaho Panhandle...

Schweitzer mtn ski 4700 14.0 600am 16th resort
13e Eastport 1900 5.0 700pm ham radio
5nw Bonners Ferry 1830 4.0 700pm ham radio
Sandpoint 2100 7.5 615am 16th spotter bon49
Coolin 2500 5.0 1130am spotter bon203
3n Bonners Ferry 2300 5.0 1120am spotter bou35
Bonners Ferry 2350 4.0 1110am spotter bou42
7ne Bonners Ferry 2338 4.0 1045am spotter bou22
3w Naples 2300 2.0 1130am spotter bou18
Bonners Ferry 1864 8.0 1055am 16th spotter bou8
2nne Sagle 2.6 900am cocorahs bon3
13ne Sandpoint 2.5 900am cocorahs bon8
4e Spirit Lake 3.5 900am cocorahs kt1
2ene Athol 3.4 900am cocorahs kt3
11sse Priest River 2.4 900am cocorahs bon15


... Idz002 - Coeur D'Alene area...

Coeur D Alene 2225 4.0 1145am spotter ko86
2.5nnw Coeur D Alene 3.3 900am cocorahs ko8
3.6ne couer d Alene 3.0 900am cocorahs ko6


... Idz003 - Idaho Palouse... .

4.5ne Viola 2.0 900am cocorahs lt5
Moscow 1.4 900am cocorahs lt2



... Idz004 - central Panhandle mountains...

Silver mtn ski 5500 5.0 530am 16th resort
lookout ski 5650 6.0 530am 16th resort
St Maries 2219 3.0 100pm spotter be100
St Maries 2280 1.5 100pm spotter be101
5n St Maries 2167 2.0 1245pm spotter be5
Smelterville 2222 4.5 1150am spotter sh102


... Waz031 - Blue Mountains...


5sw Anatone 3800 6.0 630am spotter as13



... Waz033 - Washington Palouse...

3ssw Palouse 1.0 900am cocorahs wh5



... Waz034 - Moses Lake area...

3sse Moses Lake 1150 5.5 700pm spotter gr18
11w Royal City 1100 3.0 955am spotter gr13
8sw Ephrata 1234 5.0 745am 16th spotter gr11
7w Quincy 1280 4.0 945am public


... Waz035 - upper Columbia Basin...

3ese Grand Coulee 2.5 900am cocorahs ln2


... Waz036 - Spokane area...

Spokane Intl 2356 4.1 400am FAA
Spokane NWS 2387 4.2 400am NWS
north Spokane 2008 3.4 720am spotter (hjv)
Spokane (dishman) 2006 5.0 800am spotter sp83
4sw Spokane 2300 5.2 800am spotter sp87
2nw Spokane 2050 4.0 630am NWS employee
Davenport 3.3 900am cocorahs ln5


... Waz037 - northeast mountains...

49 degrees ski 5774 8.0 430pm resort
Mt Spokane 5889 6.0 545pm resort
Clayton 2315 6.5 900pm NWS staff
Chewelah 3000 3.0 800am ham radio
Ione east 2102 2.0 800am ham radio
Springdale west 2300 4.0 800am ham radio
Gifford 1400 3.0 800am ham radio
Deer Lake 2544 6.0 1055am 16th spotter st45
Deer Park 2135 3.0 800am spotter sp58
6ne Elk 2.0 900am cocorahs po2
5w Newport 3.5 900am cocorahs po9
5sse Ione 3.0 900am cocorahs po8
Metaline Falls 2.5 900am cocorahs po10
2.4sw Ford 3.0 900am cocorahs st4
boundary dam 1800 5.5 700am 16th coop
Northport 1350 5.1 611am 16th coop


... Waz038 - Okanogan Highlands...

Aeneas 3397 2.3 1220pm spotter ok61
3w Boyds 3360 4.5 930pm spotter fe11
7w Inchelium 2350 6.0 1210pm spotter fe9
3s Republic 3500 3.0 1200pm spotter fe4
E Republic 2600 3.0 1200pm spotter fe112
2nw Keller 2.8 900am cocorahs fe2
.7ene hunters 2.7 900am cocorahs st6
7w Republic 3150 6.0 935am spotter fe77


... Waz041 - Wenatchee area...

3nnw Wenatchee 900 9.1 945pm spotter ch74
2nw Wenatchee 890 7.0 630pm spotter ch13
Chelan 4.0 945am Chelan pud
Twisp 4.0 900am law enforcement
8w Chelan 1400 7.0 715am 16th spotter ch36
1sw Entiat 806 4.5 620am spotter ch25
Malaga 5.0 900am cocorahs ch4
.5 S Wenatchee 5.0 900am cocorahs ch7
2.5se Wenatchee 4.5 900am cocorahs ch10


... Waz042 - east slopes of northern Cascades...

2s Leavenworth 1200 10.5 635pm spotter ch34
Carlton 1400 6.0 930am spotter ok46
12ne Entiat 1300 4.0 740am spotter ch91
5.3sw Peshastin 8.8 900am cocorahs ch8


... Waz043 - Okanogan Valley...

Oroville 2.0 900am cocorahs ok5
Brewster 3.3 900am cocorahs ok1
8nw Tonasket 6.0 1145am 16th spotter ok22
2s Malott 5.0 1203pm 16th spotter ok15
3e Brewster 4.0 1210pm 16th spotter ok11


... Waz044 - Waterville Plateau...

Waterville 2800 6.5 650pm spotter do4
15ne Ephrata 2300 4.7 620pm spotter gr17