SPOKANE, Wash. — Following a storm that brought several inches of snow to eastern Washington and north Idaho, many school districts are choosing to delay or cancel classes on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
We have already heard about closures or delays from several districts, including Kootenai School District which is closed. Mead School District is on a two-hour delay.
Schools closed on Wednesday, February 22
- Genesee School District
- Kootenai School District
- Lakeland School District
- Lapwai School District
- Moses Lake School District
- Reardan-Edwall School District
School Delays
- Chewelah School District: 2-hour delay
- Christian Heritage School: 2-hour delay
- Davenport School District: 2-hour delay
- Deer Park School District: 2-hour delay
- Evergreen School District: 2-hour delay
- Harrington School District: 2-hour delay
- Lacrosse School District: 2-hour delay
- Loon Lake School District: 2-hour delay
- Mary Walker School District: 2-hour delay
- Mead School District: 2-hour delay
- Odessa School District: 2-hour delay
- Quincy School District: 2-hour delay
- Troy School District: 2-hour delay
- Valley School District: 2-hour delay
- Washtucna School District: 2-hour delay
- Whitepine School District: 2-hour delay
- Wilbur School District: 2-hour delay
Other Changes
- Clarkston School District: Buses on Snow Routes
- Colton School District: Emergency Bus Routes
- Lind-Ritzville School District: Remote Learning
Weather Forecast
It was a very interesting snowstorm as it moved through. Isolated, heavy bands of snow set up in different areas across the Inland Northwest. Those bands caused rapidly deteriorating conditions and snow and ice-covered roads.
Rathdrum picked up a whopping 6 inches Tuesday afternoon while downtown Spokane saw almost nothing. Mountains saw even more. Lookout Pass and the Cascades picked up more than a foot of snow as the system passed. It is still likely that some locations that missed out on a bulk of the action will see at least a little accumulation by the time it moves out.
The more incredible thing is that temperatures took a dive as the front moved through. Coeur d'Alene went from near 40 to the 20s in a matter of hours. That is just a taste of things to come.
Temperatures will fall into the teens overnight. But the wind Wednesday morning will have it feeling more like it's zero or below it when talking wind chills. The blustery northerly wind will persist throughout the day as the arctic airmass settles in.
By Thursday morning widespread real temperatures will be in the single digits or below zero across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. The cold sticks around through Friday with single-digit lows and highs in the 20s.