Weather

Lynn White and her family hunkered down in their Wild Rose Prairie home north of Spokane on Wednesday night while high winds from a thunderstorm slammed their home in what a meteorologist said was a quick-moving “downburst.” “It was kind of an eerie, howling sound,” White said Thursday.

Lynn White and her family hunkered down in their Wild Rose Prairie home north of Spokane on Wednesday night while winds from a thunderstorm enveloped their property. “It was kind of an eerie howling sound,” she said today.

After a winter that saw record snowfall, including a 4-inch storm in the first week of April, the forecast for the coming week ought to bring some serious relief: temperatures in the 70s by Sunday. National Weather Service forecasters said that a strong high pressure system is expected to form across the Rocky Mountain states later this week and set the stage for gradually rising temperatures and highs about 15 degrees above normal for late April.

After a winter that saw record snowfall, including a 4-inch storm in the first week of April, the forecast for the coming week ought to bring some serious relief: temperatures well into the 70s by Sunday.

Just days after seeing several inches of snow, the Spokane region on Monday broke the 60-degree mark for the first time since last October. Sunny skies are expected again today with highs reaching the upper 60s across the Inland Northwest before a slow cool-down starts Wednesday.

Spring break looked more like winter break today as 1 to 3 inches of snow blanketed the Inland Northwest this morning.