652 FLUS46 KOTX 292000 HWOOTX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 100 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 IDZ001-004-WAZ037-038-302000- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 100 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 TO 5000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SERIES OF WET AND MILD STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THESE SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE RAIN COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL SUPPORT RISING LEVELS ON RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOWLAND FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF MUD SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS ON STEEP AND SPARSELY VEGETATED SLOPES. ADDITIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ON MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ IDZ002-003-026-027-WAZ031>033-036-302000- COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- SPOKANE AREA- 100 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WITH SNOW OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 TO 5000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SERIES OF WET AND MILD STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THESE SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE RAIN COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL SUPPORT RISING LEVELS ON RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOWLAND FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF MUD SLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS ON STEEP AND SPARSELY VEGETATED SLOPES. $$ WAZ034-035-041-043-044-302000- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA- OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 100 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ WAZ042-302000- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- 100 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CREST AND AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE SURROUNDING VALLEYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER MOIST PACIFIC STORM WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...BUT THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTAIN LESS SNOW WITH MOST OF IT CONFINED TO THE CREST. WEAKER AND COOLER WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY THE WEEKEND...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS AT TIMES. $$