Area Forecast Discussion Issued by NWS Spokane, WA
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FXUS66 KOTX 121828
AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1128 AM PDT Fri Apr 12 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
The upcoming weather moving into the weekend will feature a few
chances of mostly mountain showers along with a warming trend.
There will be a small chance for thunderstorms near the Lewiston-
Clarkston Valley Friday and Saturday afternoons. High
temperatures for much of the area will climb into the 70s over
the weekend. A cold front will bring a return of cooler and
showery weather early next week. Cold front passage will bring
breezy to windy conditions Sunday afternoon through Monday.
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.DISCUSSION...
Update: Forecast update to extend the mention of thunderstorms
this evening and overnight into portions of the Washington and
Idaho Palouse and Shoshone county. No other significant changes
made. /Pelatti
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.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS: Slight chance of thunderstorms between 1Z-7Z Saturday
over southeast portion of the aviation area. Have coded the
potential in 18Z TAFS for KLWS and KPUW. Otherwise VFR conditions
to prevail with various mostly middle and high cloud drifting
overhead. /Pelatti
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence in
persistent VFR conditions, Exception may be for MVFR conditions at
times with any thunderstorms that develop roughly south and east
of a line from Ritzville to Coeur d` Alene to Clark Fork. /Pelatti
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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 65 45 72 45 73 43 / 0 10 0 0 0 0
Coeur d`Alene 64 43 71 43 72 42 / 10 10 0 0 10 0
Pullman 64 44 71 45 70 42 / 10 40 0 0 20 20
Lewiston 70 50 77 50 76 48 / 10 40 0 0 20 20
Colville 65 39 72 41 75 40 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sandpoint 62 40 68 40 71 43 / 10 10 0 0 10 0
Kellogg 63 45 69 47 72 44 / 10 20 0 0 20 10
Moses Lake 67 42 76 45 79 43 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wenatchee 65 46 74 49 75 46 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Omak 66 41 74 44 77 43 / 10 0 0 0 0 0
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.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...None.
WA...None.
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