Schweitzer
September 6 in the books — no snow ever recorded on this date (35 years in the books). All-time single day: 28.0″ on Mar 29, 2012.
Stoke today Sep 06
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Schweitzer Basin SNOTEL · 1.4 km · depth 0.0″ · observed Sep 06 02:00
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10-day outlook
In the forecaster’s words
This Afternoon
A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 58 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Overnight
A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Northwest wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday
A slight chance of rain showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny. High near 62, with temperatures falling to around 59 in the afternoon. North wind 3 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 48 overnight. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Labor Day
Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Forecast discussion OTX · Sep 05 23:08
Active weather sticks around through Labor Day Weekend with scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms, and cooler than normal temperatures. A warming and drying trend commences around the middle of next week as higher pressure returns to the region.
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000 FXUS66 KOTX 060608 AFDOTX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Spokane WA 1108 PM PDT Sat Sep 5 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Cool and showery weather expected through Labor Day Weekend with isolated thunderstorms. - A warming and drying trend returns around the middle of next week. && .SYNOPSIS... Active weather sticks around through Labor Day Weekend with scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms, and cooler than normal temperatures. A warming and drying trend commences around the middle of next week as higher pressure returns to the region. && .DISCUSSION... Today through Monday: The slow moving low continues to move over the region. Precipitable water amounts continue to rise to 0.8-1.0 by Monday. The increasing moisture will bring a steady stream of clouds across the region. As the low moves east, the moisture swath shifts away from the Cascades and more over the Idaho Panhandle and eastern Washington. For Sunday, precip chances start mainly over the Idaho Panhandle and expands west through the afternoon and evening hours. Precip chances rise to 60-90 percent over southeast/east-central WA and central and southern ID Panhandle from Sunday evening through Monday morning. 24-hour probabilities from 5 PM Sunday to 5 PM Monday for 0.50 inches are between 70-90 percent, 60-80 percent for 0.75 inches and 30-60 percent for 1 inch. Afternoon and evening instability will lead to weak thunderstorm chances. Cape values are in the in the 400-800 J/kg range with moderate lapse rates support weak convection. The main threat with the thunderstorms will be lightning and gusty outflow winds. Winds will generally be light outside of the thunderstorms. Monday afternoon will be breezy with gusts near 25 mph across the Basin. Highs will be in 70s to low 80s. Lows will also be mild with a range of 40s to low 50s. Tuesday through Friday: The ensembles are in decent agreement for the extended. A flat ridge pattern will set up over the region as the Low exits. It will lead to dry, warming trend through the end of the week. Precip chances will be less than 10 percent through Thursday. Another trough will drop in from BC Friday as remnants of tropical system begin to press moisture into the Pacific Northwest. It is leading to increasing precip chances going into the weekend. NBM thunderstorm potential in around 10-20 percent across the Inland Northwest with highest percents over Northeast WA and Idaho Panhandle late Friday and Saturday. It is too early to have much confidence in the upcoming weekend weather but something to keep on the radar. Highs for the latter half of the week will be in the 80s. Overnight lows will be in the upper 40s and 50s. /JDC && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS: An upper-level low continues to linger over the Pacific Northwest. For the TAF sites, conditions will remain VFR through the period. Increasing precip chances over GEG/SFF/COE/KPUW/KLWS starting around 22Z and continuing through the end of the period. There is low confidence on showers impacting TAF sites. Showers could have isolated thunderstorms embedded. FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Low confidence on thunderstorms impacting any TAF sites. JDC ----------------------- Confidence descriptors: Low - Less than a 30 percent chance Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance High - Greater than a 70 percent chance For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane airports, please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our webpage: https:/www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... Spokane 48 75 50 67 48 73 / 10 10 70 50 40 0 Coeur d'Alene 47 75 49 63 48 71 / 10 20 80 80 50 10 Pullman 43 71 46 64 40 71 / 20 10 70 60 10 0 Lewiston 52 76 55 70 51 77 / 10 10 80 70 20 0 Colville 43 76 44 71 40 75 / 0 0 40 40 30 0 Sandpoint 47 71 48 61 43 67 / 10 20 70 80 70 20 Kellogg 45 73 48 58 47 67 / 10 50 90 90 60 20 Moses Lake 47 75 50 75 46 78 / 0 10 20 10 0 0 Wenatchee 52 75 57 76 56 80 / 10 10 10 10 0 0 Omak 50 77 50 76 49 79 / 10 0 10 10 0 0 && .OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WA...None. ID...None. && $$
Sources & last updated
- Weather data: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 fetched Sep 06 02:58
- Forecast data: National Weather Service (weather.gov) fetched Sep 06 02:58
- Weather data: Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com), CC BY 4.0. Underlying models from NOAA, ECMWF, DWD, ECCC, JMA, MET Norway. fetched Sep 06 02:58
- Snow station data: USDA NRCS SNOTEL (wcc.sc.egov.usda.gov) fetched Sep 06 02:35