February 12, 2010 in City, Idaho

Rain coming later today

Snow still falling in mountains
By The Spokesman-Review
 
Tags:February 2010rainweather

49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii’s the holdout

Forty-nine states have snow now, from the Gulf Coast’s Redneck Riviera to the skyscrapers of Dallas. The lone holdout? Hawaii.

Although snow falls every winter on Hawaii’s two tallest volcanoes, the National Weather Service in Honolulu said there was no snow in the state Friday.

Snow had even fallen in the Florida Panhandle and along the South Carolina coast. However, snow has been lighter than usual in New England. Forecasters say El Nino has driven many of this year’s storms southward.

Weather service meteorologist Brian Korty says it’s extremely rare to have so many states with snow.

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Clearing at dawn today is going to give way to another wet storm system in the region.

The National Weather Service said more rain should cross the Inland Northwest today with snow expected at higher elevations.

Five inches of snow was reported this morning at Schweitzer ski area and 6 inches at Lookout Pass and 49 Degrees North ski areas.

Dense patchy fog is being reported this morning in the Columbia Basin near Moses Lake along Interstate 90 and in the Yakima Valley where visibilities had dropped below a quarter mile.

The chance of rain today is 60 percent. Valley rain and mountain snow is expected to continue tonight with the chance of precipitation at 70 percent.

High temperatures today should reach the upper 40s with lows tonight remaining above freezing in the middle 30s.

Saturday may bring a break in storm systems before another shot of moisture arrives on Sunday and Sunday night. Another weak storm is projected to arrive on Tuesday.

Mild weather is expected to continue next week with sunny weather and highs near 50 after Tuesday.

A southwesterly flow along the western U.S. was bringing milder air into the region this morning, a trend expected to continue through next week.

At 7 a.m., it was 39 at Spokane International Airport and Coeur d’Alene, 42 in downtown Spokane, 36 in Deer Park and 38 in Pullman.

The airport had 0.17 inches of rain for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m.

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