Red Mountain Resort Snow Report

846 FXUS66 KOTX 030616 AFDOTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 1016 PM PST Mon Nov 2 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Mostly dry conditions through Wednesday. - Two systems moving in mid to late week will bring light rain and mountain snow. && .SYNOPSIS... Temperatures will be seasonal and it will be mostly dry through Wednesday in the Inland Northwest. Mountain snow showers and rain showers return mid to late week as two systems move through. Unsettled conditions continue into the weekend and early next week. && .DISCUSSION... Tuesday and Wednesday: An upper level low sliding through northern California today will bring thickening clouds to the Inland NW a small chance of sprinkles to central Washington in the morning. Clouds will begin to clear out in the evening as the system departs into Nevada, leaving Wednesday dry and mild. Temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the upper 40s to 50s. Thursday through Tuesday: Another system comes hot on its heels early Thursday into the Pacific NW. Snow levels will be around 4000- 5000 feet in the Cascades early Thursday, but favorable synoptic ascent is short lived as the decaying shortwave trough races through the region and departs in the afternoon Thursday. There is a 20 percent chance of at least 1 inch of snow at Washington Pass Thursday morning. This will also bring light rain to eastern WA and north ID in the morning and afternoon, but amounts look very unimpressive around a trace to a tenth of an inch. Another shortwave will brush through the region Friday and this system will have more moisture to work with but the best synoptic ascent is displaced to the north in Canada. Strong westerly flow will maximize preciptiation near the Cascade crest where a tenth to half an inch of precipition is forecast Friday and Friday night. Snow levels will start off around 4000-4500 feet in the morning bringing snow to both Stevens and Washington Pass but rise above 5000 feet in the afternoon. The chance for at least 1 inch of snow at Stevens Pass from Friday morning to Friday night is 10%. Those chances increase to 45% for Washington Pass. We will take anything we can get. Outside of the Cascades, precipitation amounts will be light around a trace to a few hundreths with this system. Unsettled conditions continue into the weekend primarily in the mountains. Global ensembles are coming in better agreement that the Pacific NW will be on the edge of high pressure to the east and low pressure to the west. Snow levels at least initially appear to high to get snow at the Cascade Passes Saturday but there is a 25% chance of at least 6 inches of snow at Washington Pass Sunday and Monday. A similar pattern appears to set up into next week with the longwave trough remaining anchored in the northeast Pacific. /DB&& .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS: VFR conditions are expected. Widespread high level clouds will continue to increase and thicken over from south to north. This will reduce the fog and stratus development tonight into Tuesday morning, but top down moistening at KEAT will bring a 10-20% chance for MVFR ceilings between 10-15Z as there is a chance of sprinkles to fall during that period. High clouds will erode from west to east late Tuesday. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Moderate confidence in fog/stratus not redeveloping overnight. ----------------------- 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 && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Spokane 50 34 50 35 51 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 Coeur d`Alene 50 34 51 36 51 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pullman 51 35 51 34 50 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 Lewiston 55 38 53 38 53 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 Colville 48 26 50 28 52 32 / 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sandpoint 47 32 49 34 50 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kellogg 51 33 53 36 53 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moses Lake 54 35 54 30 53 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 30 Wenatchee 49 39 52 36 52 39 / 0 0 20 0 0 20 Omak 50 35 52 33 53 38 / 0 0 10 0 0 10 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WA...None. ID...None. && $$