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FXUS66 KOTX 150644
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1044 PM PST Fri Nov 14 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Mountain snow through Friday night. Additional snow in the
  mountains Sunday into Monday. Minor travel impacts expected.

- Low impact and unsettled weather continues through next week.

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.SYNOPSIS...
The Inland Northwest will continue to have showers into
Saturday morning. Light snow is expected over mountain passes. A
brief break between weather systems on Saturday. Then another
weather system Saturday night into early Monday will bring
additional light precipitation including more light snow to
mountain passes, especially Sunday night into Monday morning.

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.DISCUSSION...
Tonight through Saturday Morning: The region is the back end of
the system. Showers will continue into Saturday morning with
mountain snow and low land rain showers. Snow levels are only
expected to drop to around 4000ft overnight. Washington Pass
can expect an additional inch through Saturday. Elsewhere rain
amounts of up to a tenth will be common, with near 0.30 to 0.50
an inch heading into the mountains zones and along WA/ID
border. Strong southerly flow ahead of the trough will bring
gusty winds across the Basin through Friday evening. Overnight
lows 30s to low 40s. Highs will be the upper 40s and 50s.

Saturday afternoon through Thursday: A weak ridge will bring a
brief dry period starting Saturday afternoon and last through
Sunday. Light showers will continue over the mountains. Another
trough will begin to impact the Cascades late Sunday into Monday
morning. It will bring another round of widespread precip to
the Inland Northwest. While it will usher in a colder air mass,
the trough has less moisture. Region wide has at least a 40%
chance of a tenth of an inch of precip. The highest probability
is over Southeast Washington and Lower Idaho Panhandle with at
least 70% chance. Ensembles are bringing snow levels down to
3000ft. Lowland locations could see snow overnight Monday into
Tuesday but will not expected to cause impacts for travel as
amounts region wide are only a couple tenths at most. The rest
of the period is looking benign has a ridge moves into the
region late Tuesday. Precip chances are looking very slim
through the weekend. Highs will dip into the 40s. Lows will be
in the upper 20s to 30s. /JDC

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.AVIATION...
06Z TAFs: The wet weather system will continue pushing east and
exit the region on Saturday. The surface gradient will gradually
relax after 19-21z Saturday allowing surface winds to relax.
Until then, breezy southwest winds will prevail for most air
fields which will also limit some MVFR Vis/Cig conditions.
However, cool overnight temps and a moist air mass in place will
bring MVFR conditions Saturday morning as the winds begin to
taper. After 22z Saturday, conditions should improve to VFR.

.FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Moderate to
high confidence for MVFR ceiling conditions. Low confidence in
reaching IFR ceiling conditions. /Dewey

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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:/www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard

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.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Spokane        45  56  42  55  42  50 /  60  20  20  30  60  70
Coeur d`Alene  45  54  42  53  43  50 /  90  50  30  30  70  80
Pullman        44  56  41  53  42  50 /  40  50  10  40  80  80
Lewiston       48  61  44  55  47  55 /  20  30   0  50  80  70
Colville       37  54  38  52  38  50 /  80  30  50  50  60  80
Sandpoint      41  50  40  52  41  48 / 100  80  60  50  70  90
Kellogg        45  50  43  54  45  49 / 100  90  30  40  90 100
Moses Lake     44  60  43  57  42  54 /  20   0  20  20  30  20
Wenatchee      46  60  47  55  45  55 /  50  10  30  20  40  20
Omak           42  55  43  53  44  52 /  40  10  20  30  30  30

&&

.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...None.
ID...None.

&&

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