SPOKANE, Wash. — The breaks in the clouds Wednesday allowed temps to climb back above freezing for much of the Inland Northwest. Fog and low clouds kept parts of the Columbia Basin, like Ritzville, below freezing throughout the day. That slight warmup, along with the shift in the atmospheric pattern that brought a break in the fog means Thursday's light snow will be minimally impactful.
The west side takes the brunt of Thursday's precipitation. Eastern Washington and North Idaho will see more of the same throughout the day. The small chance of flurries arrives late Thursday, but battling the rain shadow of the Cascades means anything east of the Cascades will be minimal in impacts. For the Inland Northwest, less than a half an inch of accumulation is possible, but that's max. Falling late at night, the impacts of the light snow will be minimal Friday morning.
The ridge breaks down Friday. That brings a more widespread chance of rain and mountain snow starting late Friday and lasting through the weekend. Right now, it looks to be all rain in the valleys or low elevations. Snow likely stays above 2,800'. That means some pow for the mountains this weekend.
-KREM 2 Chief Meteorologist Jeremy LaGoo
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About the KREM 2 Weather Team
- Jeremy LaGoo is the KREM 2 Chief Meteorologist, He joined KREM in October of 2020. You can watch Jeremy weeknights on KREM 2 News at 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 p.m.
- Thomas Patrick is the Up with KREM meteorologist from 5-9 a.m. and noon. Thomas joined KREM in January 2019. Thomas is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist since 2015. He also serves as a KREM 2 weather and science reporter.
- Michelle Boss joined the KREM 2 weather team in 1999 and can be seen on the weekend evening forecast. She previously worked as a meteorologist at WEHT in Evansville, IN, and WOWT in Omaha, NE.
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