Flood Potential Outlook
Issued by NWS Spokane, WA

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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
314 PM PDT SUN MAY 5 2013

...MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT TO CAUSE RISES ON RIVERS...

VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK WILL CAUSE RISES ON RIVERS AND
STREAMS FED BY MELTING SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND SOUTHERN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.

SOME OF THE RIVERS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON THAT WILL EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT RISES THIS WEEK ARE...THE OKANOGAN...SIMILKAMEEN...
STEHEKIN...METHOW...ENITAT...AND WENATCHEE.

SOME OF THE RIVERS IN NORTH IDAHO AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE RISES ARE...THE KOOTENAI...MOYIE...AND KETTLE.

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. FORTUNATELY...CHANCES FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT WEEK APPEARS QUITE LOW.

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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