SPOKANE, WA – The National Weather Service says active weather continues with a change from Arctic cold to mild & wet over the next few days. Very cold temperatures will gradually moderate today into the weekend. A parade of weather systems will bring rounds of precipitation to the Inland Northwest with each one being milder and wetter with time.
The precipitation type will be snow for most of today with a slow change to a wintry mix across southeast Washington by this evening. The next round of precipitation arrives by early tomorrow morning with a greater area of wintry precipitation across central and southeast Washington through the holiday weekend.
A warming trend persists into next week promoting rapid snow melt and increasing the risk for flooding, especially for southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle.
KEY POINTS:
- Light Snow through this evening
- Snow and Freezing Rain over the Holiday Weekend
- Snow Melt, Rain and Potential for Flooding next week
