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

[Art Deco]

A possible danger to be aware of:

If more snow and rain continue to super saturate the soil, and if this
storm is followed by a tailing high pressure system with very strong winds,
then trees are in danger of being uprooted.  Caution is advised for
everyone, but especially those who spend time in the woods.  The soils on
Moscow Mountain, for example, are very saturated and snow is still melting
especially with today's warmer weather.

Be prepared to move quickly if you hearing the sounds of uprooting trees or
falling heavy branches.

w.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> .
> -------------------------------------
> 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.
>
> ----------------------------
>
> 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?
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
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>> Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>> art.deco.studios at gmail.com
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