Wintery weather and slickness headed to region

Wintery weather and slickness headed to region

The National Weather Service warned Saturday that a fresh round of troublesome winter weather is likely headed our way beginning Saturday afternoon and continuing through Sunday night.

We could end up with 1 to 5 inches of snow, followed by some rain and freezing rain that will glaze surfaces enough to "make walking hazardous," not to mention driving.

Now might be a good time to stock up on groceries for the next day or so.

Below is the NOAA's complete weather advisory:

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SENT SAT JAN 7 2017

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM PST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...COEUR D'ALENE, POST FALLS, HAYDEN, WORLEY, MOSCOW, PLUMMER, POTLATCH, GENESEE, LEWISTON, LAPWAI, PECK, CULDESAC, GIFFORD, KAMIAH, CRAIGMONT, NEZPERCE, WINCHESTER, SOLDIERS

MEADOW ROAD, ANATONE, PEOLA, MOUNTAIN ROAD, CLOVERLAND ROAD, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, PULLMAN, COLFAX, ROSALIA, LA CROSSE, OAKESDALE, TEKOA, UNIONTOWN, MOSES LAKE, EPHRATA,

OTHELLO, QUINCY, RITZVILLE, GRAND COULEE, ODESSA, WILBUR, COULEE CITY, SPOKANE, CHENEY, DAVENPORT, AND ROCKFORD.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE

INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL PROBABLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 MAINLY

SNOW IS EXPECTED BUT SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS COUPLED WITH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DIFFICULT AND SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN GLAZING SURFACES WILL MAKE WALKING

HAZARDOUS.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 20S AND 30S ON SUNDAY.

* WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=OTX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.

Instructions:

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.