Merritt, Washington

... A frontal system swept across the region today with light
snowfall occurring in most areas. A period of 3 to 4 hours with 1 to
2 inches of accumulated snowfall was common across the valleys of
eastern Washington. Light snow continues to fall over portions of
extreme eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle at the time of
this report. These showers are expected to wind down through the
night with most of the precipitation moving off to the east by the
early morning on Saturday. Below is a preliminary report of storm
total snowfall through the indicated time next to each location...


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

... Idz001 - northern Idaho Panhandle...

Hidden Lake 5040 4.0 500pm snotel*
Blanchard 2200 3.0 800pm spotter


... Idz003 - Idaho Palouse... .

Moscow Mountain 4700 1.0 500pm snotel*


... Waz033 - Washington Palouse...

Pullman 2526 1.3 930pm spotter

... Waz036 - Spokane area...

Spokane Intl 2356 1.4 1000pm FAA
Spokane NWS 2387 1.5 1000pm NWS
Airway Heights 2358 1.6 725pm NWS staff


... Waz037 - northeast mountains...

Bunchgrass Meadows 5000 2.0 500pm snotel*
Quartz Peak 4700 4.0 500pm snotel*
Clayton 2315 3.8 600pm NWS staff
Mt Spokane 5889 6.0 1200am resort

... Waz038 - Okanogan Highlands...

Sentinel Butte 4920 3.0 500pm snotel*
Keller 5 mi N 1.0 1200pm spotter
Boyds 3 mi W 0.7 430pm spotter


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

Lyman Lake 5900 7.0 500pm snotel*
Park Creek Ridge 4600 9.0 500pm snotel*
Pope Ridge 3540 3.0 500pm snotel*
Salmon Meadows 4500 1.0 500pm snotel*
Stevens Pass 4070 6.0 500pm snotel*
upper Wheeler 4400 2.0 500pm snotel*
Omak 1.5 mi W 1.0 445pm spotter
plain 1940 4.0 600pm coop


... Waz043 - Okanogan Valley...

Moses mtn 5300 3.0 500pm snotel*


* reported totals from snotel sites are approximated


/vanhorn