Weather

While the forecast calls for a partly sunny Christmas in Spokane, there could be some hurdles for those traveling for the holiday.

Congratulations, Inland Northwest. You made it to the winter solstice. After Thursday, our days will gradually grow longer and brighter.

Nearly a third of the U.S. population - 115 million Americans - is expected to travel 50 miles or more for the holidays. That's according to AAA, which is predicting the second-busiest holiday travel season since it began keeping track in 2000. That includes 7.5 million flying and at least 105 million traveling by road.

The snow, rain and sleet that turned Spokane into a slushy mess last weekend made roads and sidewalks tricky to navigate at times. But the short-term muck pales in comparison to the long stretch of falling snow that crippled the city 15 years ago this month.

Days of warm weather and rain have closed ski slopes as some resorts preserve what’s left of their snowpack and hope snowstorms forecast this weekend resurrect winter recreation.

December got off to a wet start, but for two different reasons. That’s why the region quickly shifted from a winter wonderland to a warm, breezy spate of unusually rainy weather.

COP28 is approaching the end of the first week and the kings, presidents and prime ministers have flown off. Now, hundreds of seasoned climate diplomats must get down to the tough job of negotiating a text that everyone can agree on.Adnan Amin, who as chief executive officer of COP28 is one of Sultan Al-Jaber’s most senior lieutenants, said in an interview there are several areas that are ...

One of the region’s most severe wind, rain and snow storms caused Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry, Ione, Newport and Colville to be cut off from all communication.

Rain hit the Spokane area this week – initially prompting a flood watch – but meteorologists downgraded the alert after weather patterns changed Tuesday.

December is here and so is the snow.

Thursday is the last day of November, and our region’s weather is poles apart from Nov. 30 of last year. On that day, a snowstorm dumped more than 7 inches of snow in the Spokane area, closing schools, causing a slew of traffic accidents and setting a snowfall record for that date.

Outdoor burning restrictions are in effect throughout Spokane County until further notice, with limits on fireplace use also in place for many areas, the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency issued Tuesday.

ERCOT has projected that Texas could see widespread power outages if the state experiences severe winter weather on par with a storm that plunged temperatures below freezing for multiple days last year.

When it comes to our region’s weather, gratitude can be tricky. Look no further than social media memes and posts to see that it’s a favorite punching bag: too cold, too hot, too windy, too rainy, too much snow, not enough snow.

Relatively safe travels are predicted for Washington and North Idaho mountain passes from Monday to Thanksgiving Day.

The National Hurricane Center was tracking two systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm including one off the coast of Florida and one in the Caribbean. The system now centered just offshore from South Florida is an area of low pressure that already has brought a flooding threat to the state with a flood watch up the coast from Miami to Volusia ...