[Vision2020] Arctic Airmass Coming: Record or Near Record Cold Temperatures (teens, lower twenties) Fri./Sat. Night

[Ted Moffett]

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IDZ003&warncounty=IDC057&firewxzone=&local_place1=4+Miles+NW+Potlatch+ID&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
838 AM PDT THU OCT 8 2009

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031-032-036>038-041>043-091545-
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D`ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-SPOKANE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
838 AM PDT THU OCT 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO...
NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TRACK ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
OVERNIGHT BRINGING BRISK NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH.
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST FROM 11 PM THROUGH 6 AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDS WILL DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN THE MAJOR
CONCERN WILL SHIFT TO A RECORD COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS. FRIGID
TEMPERATURES...MORE COMMON FOR EARLY NOVEMBER...WILL INVADE THE
AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING
FRIDAY AND LINGERING THROUGH SUNDAY WILL GENERALLY CLIMB ONLY INTO
THE 40S TO LOWER 50S...WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. THESE
TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND WILL RESULT
IN NUMEROUS RECORDS BEING SET.

ADDITIONALLY...AREAS SUCH AS WENATCHEE AND LEWISTON WILL SEE THEIR

FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON

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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
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