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- Temperature: 25°F
- Conditions: Mist
- Barometer: 29.87 inHg
- Clouds: Overcast
- Wind: Calm
- Visibility: 4 miles
- Sunrise: 7:39 am GMT-8
- Sunset: 4:12 pm GMT-8
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Dec
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First Snow
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We had our first snow on Tuesday, about 2 inches. Thursday was to bring another storm but that one went south of Spokane. Today there is another winter storm warning that reads like this:
…A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM PST MONDAY.
SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKANOGAN
HIGHLANDS AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT 6 TO
10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY MONDAY…AND UP TO 2 FEET IN THE
MOUNTAINS BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN…SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE
VALLEYS ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING.
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW.
After taking a short nap I awoke to snowfall. Now we will have to just wait and see what the snowfall amount will be.
The warning refers to the Okanogan Highlands which is situated east of the Cascade Range and north of the Columbia Basin. To the east and north, the highlands extend into northern Idaho and southern British Columbia, respectively. They are characterized by rounded mountains with elevations up to 8,000 feet above sea level and deep, narrow valleys. The Columbia River divides the Okanogan Highlands into two geographic regions: to the east of the river are the Selkirk, Chewelah, and Huckleberry Mountains; to the west are the Kettle, Sanpoil, and other mountains. This north of Deer Park, the Canadian border is about 100 miles.
The area where we live is known a snow belt meaning that we get more snow than the rest of the area.
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