Whitewater Ski Resort Snow Report

054 FXUS66 KOTX 150815 AFDOTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 1215 AM PST Sun Nov 15 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Incoming system to bring light to moderate rains, light mountain snow, and breezy winds through Monday. - Another system impacts the West Coast Wednesday, bringing additional chances for light rain and snow. - Temperatures trending cooler through next week. && .SYNOPSIS... A passing weather system will bring rain, high mountain snow, and breezy winds through Monday. Areas of fog will continue to impact travel each day. Temperatures trend cooler through next week with additional chances for light rain and snow Wednesday through Friday. && .DISCUSSION... Today through Monday: A system is slowly pushing through the region with a southwesterly upper level jet support. It is bringing a decent plume of moisture into the Inland Northwest. Precipitable water values will range from 0.6-0.8 of an inch. Rain is likely through the day minus the Central Basin area. The mountain areas have a 25-75% probability of 0.2-0.5 of an inch. The Eastern Basin and valleys range from 0.1-0.4 of an inch. North Cascades has the only snow chances with a 1-3 inch range through Monday morning. Breezy southerly winds across the Columbia Basin and up the Okanogan Valley with sustained speeds of 15-20 mph and gusts up to 30 mph Sunday afternoon. Highs will be in the 40s to low 50s. Lows will be in the 30s. Tuesday and Wednesday: A shallow ridge will bring a brief break from the showery weather. The region will be under a dry, stable air mass. The region will have a cooling trend. It will be short lived as the next low begins to slide south of the region late Wednesday. Highs will be in the 40s. Overnight lows will be in the upper 20s and 30s. Thursday through Saturday: The upper level jet continues to steer the bulk of moisture and energy from the low south of the Pacific Northwest. Ensembles are in decent agreement with the track. Any precip will be in the Idaho Panhandle and extreme Eastern Washington through Thursday. Snow levels will dip to 3000 ft allowing for a chance of snow in these areas. Little to no accumulation is expected. As this low exits on Friday, another one will be right on its heels for Saturday. It is tracking more north and could bring decent precip to the region. Confidence is low on any amounts and timing. Highs continue to be in the 40s. Overnight lows will be in the upper 20s and 30s. /JDC && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS: Primarily VFR expected through tonight. A weather system will move in overnight into early tomorrow morning. It is currently near the Cascades and tracking across Eastern WA and North ID from 15Z to 18Z. Ceilings will initially be VFR with the onset of light rain and gradually deteriorate across far eastern Washington and north Idaho Sunday afternoon to 2k-3kft. The exception will be at KPUW and KLWS where easterly winds during the day may inhibit MVFR ceilings until after 00Z. Light southeast winds may also allow or stratus to develop at KEAT Sunday morning between 16-20Z. Ceilings expected to remain MVFR through end of the TAF period. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: There is moderate to high confidence for ceilings to remain VFR for the TAF sites until Sunday afternoon. There is moderate confidence for ceilings to gradually to lower to MVFR at KGEG/KSFF/KCOE with lower confidence on the timing for the trend to MVFR for KPUW and KLWS. Moderate confidence in MVFR conditions for KEAT between 16-20Z. Low confidence on the timing of ceiling improving to VFR. ----------------------- 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 48 37 46 35 42 32 / 90 80 10 10 10 0 Coeur d`Alene 46 36 46 34 42 32 / 90 90 20 10 10 10 Pullman 48 36 45 33 42 31 / 90 90 40 20 10 0 Lewiston 51 41 49 38 45 34 / 80 90 70 50 30 0 Colville 47 33 48 30 45 27 / 90 50 10 0 0 0 Sandpoint 45 35 45 33 42 32 / 90 90 30 10 10 10 Kellogg 47 36 43 34 41 30 / 90 100 50 30 20 10 Moses Lake 52 35 48 31 44 30 / 50 10 0 0 0 0 Wenatchee 51 37 47 34 43 35 / 30 10 0 0 0 10 Omak 51 37 48 33 45 30 / 90 30 0 0 0 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WA...None. ID...None. && $$