Winter is here!

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

....SNOW...BRISK WIND...AND COLD TEMPS TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE
REGION TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...

..DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.
SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
IS EXPECTED ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS. COMMUNITIES FROM THE
WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THROUGH THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND INTO THE
SPOKANE METRO AREA AND PALOUSE WILL SEE THE COMBINATION OF WIND
AND SNOW BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D`ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-
SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...
BONNERS FERRY...PRIEST RIVER...SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD...
COEUR D`ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...
POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA... LA CROSSE...
OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...
QUINCY...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...
COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...
DEER PARK...NEWPORT...WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD...
BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD
255 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

....BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS
ANDBASIN WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SNOW AND
WIND.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...INTENSIFYING AND
BECOME HEAVIER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND WILL
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BECOMING BLUSTERY NEAR 7 PM THIS
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...
COEUR D`ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...WORLEY...PULLMAN...
COLFAX...ROSALIA...LA CROSSE...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN

* WINDS: NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS: WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO POOR
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. SOME ROADS IN WIND EXPOSED AREAS MAY BE CLOSED TONIGHT
DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.

* WIND CHILL: READINGS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND
REACH VALUES OF -10 TO -20 LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH
YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.