Weekend weather: More showers, mountain snow arrive for weekend

The Pacific storm track will continue to send rain and mountain snow across the region.

Gusty west to southwest winds to 32 mph are likely Thursday in the Spokane area.

Exposed parts of the region, including the West Plains, could see stronger winds.

The wind is funneling across the region in the wake of Pacific storm system.

Showers are likely as remnants of the low pressure area exit to the southeast.

Mountain snow levels could fall to 3,000 feet on Thursday night, and accumulations might reach 4 to 8 inches in North Idaho by Friday morning, according to National Weather Service forecasters.

The region should see a break from the early spring storms on Friday and Saturday with a slight chance of showers on Friday and mostly sunny weather on Saturday.

The next storm system makes its way to the region by midday on Sunday, bringing a new chance of rain for afternoon Easter activities.

Forecasters said the morning hours on Sunday are likely to be dry in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Highs through the weekend should be near 50 with lows in the 30s.

Recent rainfall has been heavy at times, creating an ongoing hazard for landslides in steep terrain. Forecasters said that the hazard continues even after rainfall subsides since the ground has become saturated.

A few problems have been reported, but no widespread land movements.

Spokane set a daily rainfall record of 0.7 inches in a 12-hour period on Tuesday, breaking the March 22 record of 0.41 inches of rain dating back to 1886.

Records were also set on Tuesday in Pullman and Lewiston.

Since Oct. 1, Spokane has seen 12.69 inches of precipitation compared with an average of 10 inches.

Nearly all of Washington and parts of North Idaho have been removed from a drought designation by the U.S. Drought Monitor service.

Just last August, the region was under extreme drought.