Dense Fog Advisory
WWUS76 KOTX 171256
NPWOTX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
456 AM PST SAT JAN 17 2009
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WASHINGTON PALOUSE-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-
WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PULLMAN...COLFAX...ROSALIA...
LA CROSSE...RITZVILLE...GRAND COULEE...ODESSA...WILBUR...
COULEE CITY...SPOKANE...CHENEY...DAVENPORT...ROCKFORD...
WATERVILLE...MANSFIELD
456 AM PST SAT JAN 17 2009
...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST
TODAY.
DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MOTORISTS THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A QUARTER MILE OR LESS OVER
THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON
PALOUSE...PARTS OF THE WEST PLAINS...AND OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF
THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM
AIRWAY HEIGHTS TO WILBUR TO WATERVILLE CAN EXPECT AREAS OF NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITY.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE ROADS AND SURFACES SLIPPERY AND
HAZARDOUS. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD USE CAUTION.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER
THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT WINDS AND A
STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
POLLUTANTS...LIKE SMOKE AND VEHICLE EXHAUST...TO BE TRAPPED IN
THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY INDICATES THAT DUE TO LIMITED MOVEMENT
OF AN AIRMASS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...POLLUTION WILL INCREASE
TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS LEVELS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS
SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR PHYSICIANS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH HIGH
LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION.
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NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D`ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-
CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA-
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-
EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDPOINT...RATHDRUM...BONNERS FERRY...
PRIEST RIVER...COEUR D`ALENE...POST FALLS...HAYDEN...MOSCOW...
PLUMMER...POTLATCH...GENESEE...KELLOGG...ST MARIES...PINEHURST...
OSBURN...WALLACE...MULLAN...LEWISTON...LAPWAI...PECK...CULDESAC...
KAMIAH...CRAIGMONT...NEZPERCE...WINCHESTER...CLARKSTON...
POMEROY...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO...QUINCY...COLVILLE...
DEER PARK...CHEWELAH...NEWPORT...KETTLE FALLS...REPUBLIC...
INCHELIUM...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...
LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...
OMAK...OKANOGAN...BREWSTER...BRIDGEPORT...OROVILLE...NESPELEM
456 AM PST SAT JAN 17 2009
...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY...
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
TUESDAY.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER
THE INLAND NORTHWEST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LIGHT WINDS AND A
STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
POLLUTANTS...LIKE SMOKE AND VEHICLE EXHAUST...TO BE TRAPPED IN
THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
AN AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY INDICATES THAT DUE TO LIMITED MOVEMENT
OF AN AIRMASS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...POLLUTION WILL INCREASE
TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS SHOULD
FOLLOW THEIR PHYSICIANS ADVICE FOR DEALING WITH HIGH LEVELS OF
AIR POLLUTION.
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