[Vision2020] Classic North Pacific Cyclone: Snow Coming Tonight!

[Ted Moffett]

In the Eastern Pacific, cyclones are called hurricanes, if strong enough:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Pacific_Northwest_hurricane

There are cases of hurricanes that cross to the western side of the Pacific
and then are called typhoons.  I recall Ioke, a real monster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ioke

*Hurricane Ioke* (also referred to as *Typhoon Ioke*, international
designation: *0612*,
JTWC<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Typhoon_Warning_Center>designation:
*01C*, and sometimes called *Super Typhoon Ioke*) was the strongest
hurricane ever recorded in the Central
Pacific<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean>
.
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National Hurricane Center indicates no current cyclones in the Eastern
Pacific:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

However, a spring snow storm and several days of freezing night
temperatures is forecast for Moscow starting tonight Wednesday:

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IDZ003&warncounty=IDC057&firewxzone=&local_place1=Moscow+ID&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory
Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1225 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012

...WET AND HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...

.A LATE SEASON SNOW STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY OVER
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE WILL BE COMMON ABOVE 2500
FEET...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR THE PALOUSE. LOCALIZED MOUNTAIN
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS RAIN TONIGHT...BUT CHANGE TO WET HEAVY SNOW
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR WEDNESDAY EVENING.

IDZ003-WAZ033-040330-
/O.EXA.KOTX.WW.Y.0019.120404T0800Z-120405T0000Z/
IDAHO PALOUSE-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...
GENESEE...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...
UNIONTOWN
1225 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
5 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...THEN TURN OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT.
  SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF
  HEAVY SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS: MOSCOW...PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...PULLMAN...
  COLFAX...ROSALIA...OAKESDALE...TEKOA...UNIONTOWN.

* IMPACTS: WET AND HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE
  MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING DURING
  THE PERIODS OF THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:

> Classic North Pacific Cyclone:  What will it bring to the Palouse?
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