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FXUS66 KOTX 122353
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
353 PM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Breezy and wet Thursday into Friday.

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

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.SYNOPSIS...
Wetter and windy weather returns Thursday and Friday. 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: A trough continues to deepen
along the coast as a Low drops in off of California. Ensembles
are showing the Low becoming cutoff as the trough splits over
the Pacific Northwest. It has shifted the forecast from colder
to warmer. Snow levels are trending warmer and the possible snow
amounts have been decreasing from previous runs. Snow levels
are only expected to hover around 6000ft before dropping to
around 4000ft Friday night. The timing of precip is still
arriving late Thursday and lasting through Saturday morning.
Possible travel impacts over Washington Pass are still expected
with a possible 2-5 inches of snow. Lighter amounts are possible
at other passes heading into Friday, generally less than an
inch. Elsewhere rain amounts of 0.10 to 0.20 inches will be
common, with near 0.50 to 1 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, mainly over the
Palouse and Southeast WA. Gusts into the reach into the mid 30
mph range. Overnight lows 30s to low 40s. Highs will be the
upper 40s and 50s.

Saturday afternoon through Tuesday: 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 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. 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. Highs will
dip into the 40s. Lows will be in the upper 20s to 30s. /JDC

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.AVIATION...
00Z TAFs: VFR conditions expected as increasing clouds from
incoming system continue to increase in the region. The region
will remain under a warm, moist southerly flow pattern.
Increased surface winds will lead to lower chance of fog
developing. MVFR stratus will develop overnight into Thursday
morning. Precip chances increase for Thursday morning with
increasing moisture. Ceilings have around 30-40% of becoming
MVFR Thursday afternoon.

.FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Moderate
confidence for MVFR ceilings after 20Z. Rain could drop
visibilities to IFR-MVFR but confidence is low.

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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        38  56  44  52  40  53 /  10  70  90  50  30  20
Coeur d`Alene  40  57  44  51  41  51 /  10  80 100  70  50  40
Pullman        43  60  44  52  41  53 /  10  60  90  70  40  40
Lewiston       47  65  50  60  46  59 /   0  50  80  50  20  20
Colville       33  51  37  50  33  51 /  20  90  90  60  50  30
Sandpoint      37  51  42  49  39  48 /  20  90 100  90  70  60
Kellogg        46  60  46  50  43  49 /  10  70 100  90  70  60
Moses Lake     38  51  42  55  40  56 /  10  80  60  10  10  10
Wenatchee      41  51  43  54  43  56 /  20  90  70  20  30  20
Omak           38  50  39  51  39  51 /  10  80  60  20  20  10

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

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