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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Spokane Washington 
1050 PM PDT Wednesday Jul 23 2008 


Synopsis... 
a trough will pass along the Canadian border over the next 12 
hours...keeping the threat of isolated to scattered showers and 
thunderstorms in the forecast. Expect a drying trend the rest of the 
work week. 






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Discussion... the upper trough continues it's eastward trek 
along the Canadian border...and is slowly pulling away from the 
area. Local radar and satellite indicates that a few stray showers 
are possible across extreme Northeast Boundary County. But for the 
most part skies are clearing as high pressure rapidly builds into 
the Cascades. The previous shift had reduced probability of precipitation to near zero after 
06z and that looks to be the way to go. A few updates were made 
earlier this evening and no additional updates will be 
forthcoming. /Tobin 




Aviation... 
the upper level low is exiting the region and convective showers 
are just about done for the evening. Expect mainly clear skies...the 
exception will be across the northern valleys where some precipitation 
was observed earlier today and there is a potential for fog/stratus 
development between 10z-14z...otherwise VFR conditions expected at 
all taf sites through 06z Friday. /Tobin 


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Preliminary point temps/pops... 
Spokane 52 83 58 92 62 87 / 10 0 0 0 0 0 
Coeur D'Alene 51 83 55 92 56 86 / 30 0 0 0 0 0 
Pullman 45 83 49 92 53 86 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Lewiston 58 91 60 99 66 93 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Colville 47 87 50 94 55 90 / 60 0 0 0 0 0 
Sandpoint 48 81 49 89 55 84 / 60 0 0 0 0 0 
Kellogg 54 81 56 91 59 83 / 20 0 0 0 0 0 
Moses Lake 53 89 58 94 60 91 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Wenatchee 60 89 63 94 65 88 / 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Omak 53 90 56 94 57 91 / 40 0 0 0 0 0 


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Otx watches/warnings/advisories... 
Idaho...none. 
Washington...none. 
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