What a nice looking circulation off the WA coast this AM. It's a water vapor satellite image. While we'll experience plenty of cloud cover today, this feature will bring the next round of snow and rain to the region by Tuesday. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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What a nice looking circulation off the WA coast this AM. It's a water vapor satellite image. While we'll experience plenty of cloud cover today, this feature will bring the next round of snow and rain to the region by Tuesday. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Good Friday evening! Visible satellite imagery from 6 PM shows mostly clear skies over Washington and north Idaho. We can also see lots of wildfire smoke in the lower right hand corner of the animation. There are numerous wildfires in central Idaho and the southern Idaho Panhandle. By Sunday and Monday, mid-level southerly winds may push some of this smoke toward southeast Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Good Friday evening! Visible satellite imagery from 6 PM shows mostly clear skies over Washington and north Idaho. We can also see lots of wildfire smoke in the lower right hand corner of the animation. There are numerous wildfires in central Idaho and the southern Idaho Panhandle. By Sunday and Monday, mid-level southerly winds may push some of this smoke toward southeast Washington and the Idaho Panhandle. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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In an earlier post we showed what cloud streets, near Spokane, looked like via satellite. Here we examine them via time-lapse video. A more technical name for this phenomenon is a horizontal convective roll. If you look close enough, can you see why they have this name? | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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In an earlier post we showed what cloud streets, near Spokane, looked like via satellite. Here we examine them via time-lapse video. A more technical name for this phenomenon is a horizontal convective roll. If you look close enough, can you see why they have this name? | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Visible satellite imagery from late this afternoon into this evening was showing considerable smoke from the numerous fires stretching from northern California to Washington. Over Washington, the biggest smoke producers were near the Cascades from the Retreat, Easy, & Pioneer fires. The big smoke producer over northern California was the Park Fire. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Visible satellite imagery from late this afternoon into this evening was showing considerable smoke from the numerous fires stretching from northern California to Washington. Over Washington, the biggest smoke producers were near the Cascades from the Retreat, Easy, & Pioneer fires. The big smoke producer over northern California was the Park Fire. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Today is a great day to utilize the Snow-Fog RGB imagery from GOES-18 satellite to discern between clouds, fog and snow. Notice in the visible imagery, all of these phenomena appear white which makes it tougher for us to discern what we are looking at. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Today is a great day to utilize the Snow-Fog RGB imagery from GOES-18 satellite to discern between clouds, fog and snow. Notice in the visible imagery, all of these phenomena appear white which makes it tougher for us to discern what we are looking at. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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The big satellite view over the West Coast shows an atmospheric river pointed at Washington and is spreading rain across much the Inland NW this morning. Meanwhile drier air is poised right off the BC coast, & this should bring drier/windier conditions across the region later today. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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The big satellite view over the West Coast shows an atmospheric river pointed at Washington and is spreading rain across much the Inland NW this morning. Meanwhile drier air is poised right off the BC coast, & this should bring drier/windier conditions across the region later today. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Satellite is showing a transition from widespread low-level cloudiness to patchier convective cloud streets (north-south lines of shallow cumulus clouds) over the Spokane area. Meanwhile, low clouds are stubbornly persistent the valleys north and east of Spokane. #wawx #idwx | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Satellite is showing a transition from widespread low-level cloudiness to patchier convective cloud streets (north-south lines of shallow cumulus clouds) over the Spokane area. Meanwhile, low clouds are stubbornly persistent the valleys north and east of Spokane. #wawx #idwx | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Based on radar and satellite data, the snow should be winding down in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area over the next hour or two. The same is true for most of eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle, although hit or miss showers are likely to persist mainly over the Idaho Panhandle past midnight. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Here's a satellite loop of the powerful offshore low responsible for strong winds across the region as well as periods of moderate to heavy precipitation. This loop also shows occasional lightning strikes as denoted by the blue, orange, and red " " symbols. Loop courtesy of the College of Dupage. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Cloud watching from above! ☁️ Here's the visible satellite loop from this afternoon. The bubbly clouds across the northern mountains contain the light showers. Meanwhile the cloud streaks across the Columbia Basin were the mountain wave clouds from the brisk winds aloft. Much of these clouds will dissipate overnight, giving way to mostly clear skies. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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High temporal resolution satellite imagery (1 picture/minute) of the severe thunderstorm south of Lewiston was showing concentric gravity waves forming at the top of the updraft. This was also evident for the storm near Kamiah. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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If you look closely at this satellite imagery, you can see the smoke coming from the Pioneer Fire on the north shore of Lake Chelan. The fire has become more active since Wednesday. Warmer temperatures and lower humidity have contributed to more active burning and smoke. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Evening satellite showing a heavy concentration of smoke drifting NE from fires in the Cascades across the Waterville Plateau and into portions of NE WA and N ID. North of this plume, smoke has been persistent and trapped under valley inversions within the upper river drainages within the Cascades. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Satellite and composite radar loop this morning showing a slow moving frontal band shifting across eastern Washington and the into the Idaho Panhandle. Snow levels will drop to between 3500 and 4000 feet tonight into Tuesday morning. This will result in light snow for Stevens Pass and Lookout Pass. Washington Pass will also continue to see light snow into tomorrow. Slippery travel conditions will be possible over these mountain passes. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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GOES-17 Water Vapor Satellite imagery shows Washington and north Idaho in between storm systems. The brown, orange, and red colors on the satellite indicate dry air in the mid levels of the atmosphere over the region. The next low pressure system off the west coast will send a brief round of rain showers into the region on Wednesday. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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4:15 PM: Dust spreading east across the Upper Columbia Basin, heading to I-90 and western Spokane county. This satellite image is one of the tools we have to see dust. It shows up in pink shading in this loop, seen more clearly as the cloud deck shifts east. #wawx | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Here is the latest visible satellite loop showing the strong mid latitude cyclone off of the west coast of Washington and Oregon. Buoy Station 46005 found at the National Data Buoy Center (https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/), and is near the center of the low has an observed surface pressure of 950 mb. This is a strong storm system that will bring high winds, blizzard conditions, and heavy snow across different portions of the Northwest region. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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1130 AM: Satellite loop showed clearing across much of central and eastern WA due to dry north winds. Meanwhile a weather disturbance sliding into Idaho will lead to an increase in rain/snow/graupel showers today, expanding into Eastern WA this afternoon. #wawx #idwx
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Here's the latest satellite imagery showing numerous thunderstorms mainly over central ID & southwest MT (green, yellow, red shading) with just a few over eastern WA. These storms were forming ahead of an upper level low over northeast OR. Also notice the smoke being pulled into the low from OR fires. The low is expected to slowly track to the north to northeast overnight which will bring widespread rains to the Inland NW. The heaviest rains are expected to fall over NE Washington into the north
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A well defined cold front on Water Vapor Satellite imagery this morning will track east through the day. The front will deliver showers and breezy winds but it will be a quick mover, meaning the rain won't last long for most locations. A few thunderstorms are also possible across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Early afternoon update: Radar and satellite data over the Pacific Northwest suggests clouds will steadily increase this afternoon and evening as a precipitation band over SW Washington & /NC Oregon moves toward the Inland Northwest. This will also lead to an increasing chance of snow overnight->Sunday for most locations. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Smoke Plume from Pioneer Fire near Lucerne (Lake Chelan area) showing up on satellite imagery this evening. #WAWX | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Current satellite of the region showing activity over Oregon but mostly clear skies over the Inland Northwest. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Current satellite showing some mid to high clouds over the Pacific Northwest. There is also a nice circulation off the Oregon coast. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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The Saturday morning visible satellite loop shows some interesting features across the Pac NW. 1. East - pockets of fog in north Idaho. 2. West - stratus thick along the coast. 3. South - remains of convection moving into southeast WA. 4. Plus a veil of smoke spanning the entire region! Otherwise, lots of clear skies! | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Attention denizens of the northern half of the Idaho Panhandle: A compact upper level low (represented by the red L on top of the satellite image) will produce areas of snow through mid-morning. Most of the accumulating snow will occur between Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene and Kellogg. Although accumulations on treated roads should be small there is a chance of more significant accumulations under heavier snow showers. Meanwhile expect snow to accumulate on untreated roads, sidewalks, and grassy surf
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415 AM: Early morning satellite shows clouds☁️ covering much of northern WA/ID including Colville, Sandpoint, as well as the Moses Lake area, with fog and stratus forming around the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area. The palouse is clear and will sent plenty of ☀️today! | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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Satellite imagery was suggesting weather changes are coming soon to much of the Inland Northwest care of a moisture laden front meandering east of the Cascades. This will bring increasing clouds to all locations overnight and a growing chance of rain for most locations. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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his model showing lofted smoke is lining up well with what has been seen on the incoming visible satellite imagery this morning. | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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video of the satellite showing the extent of the snow cover over the Northwestern US | US National Weather Service Spokane Washington
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