A group of school children walk home after their bus slid sideways on Hatch Road on Spokane’s South Hill, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The snow and mild temperatures turned the light snow to a slick mess, causing many accidents. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Traffic creeps slowly eastward along Third Avenue in downtown Spokane, Wash., as snow covers the roads. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Traffic is stopped as motorists try to head south on Stevens Street at Fifth Avenue, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, in downtown Spokane, Wash. Bad weather snarled traffic throughout the area. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
Passing school buses begin to slide as they pass each other. Buses aren’t considered automobiles under Washington state law and some insurance policies won’t pay claims filed by those injured by bus collisions. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Traffic on 29th Ave. on Spokanes South Hill slows for the return of wintry weather, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Light snow began Thursday morning and will continue until afternoon temps warm above freezing. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A Waste Management garbage truck, right, lies at the bottom of a gully where it slid off South Fairway Ridge Lane during winter weather, Thursday morning, while making stops in a gated community across the valley from Hangman Valley Golf Course. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A Waste Management garbage truck lays at the bottom of a gully where it slid after leaving S. Fairway Ridge Lane during winter weather Thursday morning while making stops in a gated community across the valley from Hangman Valley Golf Course, shown Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
"They need eight miles," said Carrie Lynn as she walks her dogs Jet and Nala along Centennial Trail in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
The National Weather Service is predicting 2 to 4 inches in the Spokane area. Some locations north of Spokane may receive up to 6 inches.