Flood Potential Outlook
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
250 PM PST FRI MAY 3 2013

...SEVERAL DAYS OF WARM TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SNOW AND CAUSE RISES
ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...

THE INLAND NORTHWEST HAS ENTERED A PERIOD OF ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH IN THE MOUNTAINS TO START THE
SPRING SNOWMELT RUNOFF IN EARNEST. RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT WILL SEE
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE THOSE FED BY HIGHER ELEVATION
SNOWPACK IN THE NORTHERN IDAHO PANHANDLE...THE EAST CASCADES...AND
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

RIVER FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON THE
OKANOGAN RIVER NEXT WEEK. THE MOYIE AND KOOTENAI RIVERS IN NORTHERN
IDAHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXCEED ACTION STAGE NEXT WEEK. THOSE
WITH INTERESTS NEAR AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST RIVER AND LAKE FORECASTS...WHICH ARE UPDATED DAILY...AT
WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OTX  /ALL LOWERCASE/.

WHILE AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM...WATER TEMPERATURES AT THIS
TIME ARE STILL COLD ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS TO BOATERS AND SWIMMERS.
AVAILABLE WATER TEMPERATURES FOR AREA RIVERS CAN BE FOUND AT
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/OTX/OBSERVATIONS/SEAWTROTX  /ALL LOWERCASE/.


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