Snow covers a pine tree last winter. The first snowstorm of the winter is forecast to bring a little snow to the valleys, but a lot to the mountains, at least until it starts raining.
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March 6, 2023
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A little bit of snow in the valleys, a lot in the mountains, over next two days
MOSES LAKE — Technically it’s not quite winter yet, but winter’s here anyway. A storm is forecast to bring one to two inches of snow to the Columbia Basin and heavy snow to the Cascades today and Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to start warming up Sunday – and with warmer temperatures comes a chance of rain. “We’re going to be seeing inches of precipitation measured in the Idaho panhandle and the Cascade Crest,” said Charlotte Dewey, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Spokane, during a Thursday morning briefing. The Moses Lake-Ephrata-Quincy area is forecast to get snow during the day Friday, with a projected accumulation of one to two inches. Less snow, an inch or so, is projected for the Mattawa area.