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FXUS66 KOTX 231827
AFDOTX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1027 AM PST Tue Dec 23 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Periods of rain and snow through the week with high degree of
  uncertainty in forecast specifics.
- Chance for breezy to gusty winds 20-30 mph for the basin area
  Wednesday morning through afternoon.
- Snow could impact travel through North Washington late Tuesday
  through Wednesday.

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.SYNOPSIS...
The Inland Northwest continues to be under an active pattern
with several opportunities for impactful mountain snow, light
lowland rain and snow, and breezy winds. A strong low will be
moving along the coast and bring gusty winds to the Basin. Snow
could impact travel through North Washington.

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.DISCUSSION...
Today and Wednesday: The upper level trough will remain just
off the West Coast. A strong low will slide South to North along
the Oregon/Washington coastline. Ensembles have come into
better agreement for the track of the low. It will swing a band
of moisture through the Inland Northwest later today and into
Wednesday. Most of the region will see rain as snow levels are
expected to be above 4000 ft for most areas. Rain amounts will
be around a tenth or two. The exception will be the Cascades and
northern valleys. The band will not scour out the cold air and
snow levels remain below 3000 ft. The snow ranged 2 to 5 inches
starting Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday
afternoon winds behind the band will be breezy. The further west
trend of the low has led to lighter winds speeds than previous
runs. Gusts of 20 to 30 mph are expected. Highs will be in the
30s to 40s. Lows will be in the 30s.

Thursday through Saturday: Weather will be fairly benign to
start Thursday. Another low will being to bring a cold front into
the Pacific Northwest on late Thursday and bring another round
of precip to the Inland Northwest. It is expected to bring
mainly rain for most of the area. The area of snow will be over
the Idaho this time. Rain amounts are still expected to be
light with around a tenth or two. Snow amounts for the Panhandle
range from 2 to 4 for the lower elevations and 3 to 6 inches
for the higher terrain through Saturday morning. Highs will be
in the 30s to 40s. Lows will be in the 30s.

Late Saturday through Monday: Ensembles are showing a broad
shallow ridge building over the region as the Low exits the
region. It will bring a break from the seemingly continuous wet
pattern and drop temperatures closer to season normals. Highs
will be in the 30s. Lows will be in the 20s.

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.AVIATION...
18Z TAFs: A frontal passage will result in precipitation at TAF
sites starting around 0Z. Precipitation will be mostly rain
except for at KEAT, which will see a mix of rain and snow. With
increased cloud cover, ceilings will decline back down to
MVFR/IFR. Right now models aren`t favoring LIFR conditions for
anyone but KLWS, and even that will be brief and has moderate
confidence. It will continue raining through the end of this
forecast period and into the next period. Around 16-17Z, wind
gusts will increase to ~20-25kts for KGEG/KSFF/KCOE/KPUW/KMWH.
These wind gusts are expected to continue into the next forecast
period as well.

.FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Moderate to
high confidence for MVFR and local IFR conditions developing
with precipitation. Moderate confidence in precipitation type
being mostly rain except for KEAT, which will get a rain/snow
mix. Moderate confidence in windy conditions developing post
frontal passage. /AS

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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        41  35  48  34  47  36 /  20  60  70  20  40  80
Coeur d`Alene  42  35  47  35  47  36 /  30  60  80  40  50  90
Pullman        41  37  49  36  48  35 /  60  40  40  40  40  70
Lewiston       43  39  52  40  52  39 /  60  20  20  30  10  50
Colville       39  30  37  32  42  35 /   0  70  90  30  60  90
Sandpoint      41  35  39  35  43  36 /  20  80  90  50  60 100
Kellogg        41  37  43  37  47  37 /  60  60  80  60  50  90
Moses Lake     40  35  47  31  45  33 /  10  70  50  10  40  50
Wenatchee      38  32  41  31  39  32 /   0  80  80  10  50  50
Omak           37  31  41  32  40  34 /   0  70  90  10  40  60

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.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM PST
     Wednesday for Okanogan Highlands.
     Winter Weather Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 4 PM PST
     Wednesday for Western Okanogan County.
ID...None.

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