AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 340 AM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
.AVIATION... A MOIST MID LEVEL FRONT RUNNING FROM KYKM TO KCOE AT 12Z WILL MOVE SOUTH TO KDLS TO KLWS BY 18Z. WHILE A RAIN SHADOW OFF THE CASCADES WILL ALLOW VFR CONDITIONS AT KMWH AND KEAT...THIS FRONT WILL PROMOTE LOW VFR OR MVFR CEILINGS AT KGEG/KSFF/KCOE AND KPUW THIS MORNING IN MIXED PRECIPITATION AS THE FRONT PASSES. VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED AT THESE TAF SITES WITH THICK MID LEVEL CLOUDS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT WITH LOWERING CIGS AT ALL TAF SITES...AND VERY LIGHT RAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 BGINNING AROUND 03 TO 06Z. CONDITIONS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN VFR AT ALL TAF SITES...WITH BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE AT THE KGEG VCNTY SITES. MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST OF THE BASIN WILL EXPERIENCE ARAES OF OBSCURATIONS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY.