Whitewater Ski Resort Snow Report

771 FXUS66 KOTX 140838 AFDOTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 138 AM PDT Mon Sep 14 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered showers over North Idaho Monday, and then a chance of showers Central and Northeast Washington and the North Idaho Panhandle Tuesday - 20 percent chance of thunderstorms over far southeast Washington into the Central Panhandle Mountains late Thursday into Friday - Warming and drying trend Wednesday into the weekend with temperatures rebounding into the 70s-80s by the end of the week. && .SYNOPSIS... Scattered shower activity is expected for portions of the Inland Northwest Monday and Tuesday. Then warmer and drier weather is expected Wednesday through the remainder of the week, except for a chance for showers and thunderstorms for far southeast Washington into the Central Panhandle Mountains late Thursday into Friday. && .DISCUSSION... Monday and Tuesday: The low responsible for the wet weather on Sunday will rapidly eject east away from the region on Monday (today). Some shower activity will linger over the Idaho Panhandle otherwise drier weather is forecast. High temperatures though will be near 10 degrees below normal with highs across Northeast Washington into the Idaho Panhandle in the upper 50s to mid 60s, while Central Washington down into the LC Valley will see highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. On Tuesday another mid level wave drops in from the north bringing an increased chance for rain showers, with the highest chances across Central and Northeast Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. With this system carrying weaker forcing, precipitation amounts are expected to be light raining from a few hundredths to a tenth of an inch, with local amounts up to a quarter inch in the mountains near the Canadian border. Wednesday through Sunday: The short wave drops south on Wednesday across southern Oregon and northern California while an upper ridge begins to nose into Washington and North Idaho for warmer and drier conditions. On Thursday the low to the south nudges slightly closer, with south-southeast flow bringing some increased instability and shower and thunderstorm potential across the Blue Mountains and Camas Prairie. On Friday the low moves slightly closer again with the shower and thunderstorm potential expanding north into the Central Panhandle Mountains. Next weekend the low ejects away from the region, with high pressure favoring mild and dry weather. All in all, a warmer and drier period for the extended outside of the shower and thunderstorm chances over portions of SE Washington into the Central Panhandle Mountains Thursday into Friday. JW && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS: Rain showers over SE Washington into the ID Panhandle will continue overnight but will be decreasing on Monday as the low pressure system exits the region. A moist boundary left in the wake of the showers combined with low level upslope flow is expected to produce widespread MVFR stratus with areas of IFR conditions overnight into Monday morning across NE Washington, ID Panhandle, and Palouse. VFR conditions are favored to KEAT/KMWH although shallow fog can not be ruled out given current small temperature-dew point spreads. As the stratus breaks up and CIGS rise during the day Monday, all TAF sites are expected to be become VFR in the afternoon. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence that CIGS will degrade to at least MVFR overnight across Northeast Washington into the Idaho Panhandle as well as the palouse. Precise restrictions carry lower confidence but with HREF chances above 70% for IFR conditions developing at KGEG and the pattern favoring lower stratus there is moderate confidence in the forecast of IFR between 12z-17z. JW ----------------------- 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 66 45 65 46 73 46 / 0 0 10 10 0 0 Coeur d`Alene 62 44 65 45 72 45 / 30 0 10 10 0 0 Pullman 64 42 66 43 73 44 / 0 0 0 10 0 0 Lewiston 72 49 72 52 77 52 / 0 0 0 10 0 0 Colville 66 40 65 39 75 41 / 0 10 30 10 0 0 Sandpoint 59 42 61 42 71 43 / 30 10 10 10 0 0 Kellogg 57 45 64 46 71 47 / 70 0 0 10 0 0 Moses Lake 69 45 68 45 75 46 / 0 0 10 0 0 0 Wenatchee 69 53 66 53 75 55 / 0 0 30 10 0 0 Omak 71 49 68 45 76 48 / 0 10 50 10 0 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WA...None. ID...None. && $$