10:52 AM PST on Friday, January 27, 2006

KREM 2 News Staff

SPOKANE -- The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a snow advisory from 10:00 tonight until 4:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Expect snow accumulations of six to ten inches in the upper reaches of the valleys and near the Cascade crest. The advisory includes the cities of Leavenworth, Mazama, Twisp, and Winthrop.

A winter storm watch is in effect from late tonight through Saturday afternoon for the Okanogan Highlands and Okanogan Valley, including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport, and Oroville. Three to five inches of snow can be expected with up to ten inches in the mountains.

A winter storm watch is also in effect for the northern part of the Idaho panhandle and the northeast mountains, including the cities of Sandpoint, Rathdrum, Bonners Ferry, Priest River, Colville, Deer Park, Chewelah, and Newport.

In the central panhandle mountains, the storm watch includes the cities of St. Maries, Kellogg, Pinehurst, Osburn, Wallace, and Mullan.

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