EPS is onboard with a widespread light event this weekend. @Clinton area seems to be the focus for some enhancement Given how warm it's been. An inch would be a pretty wild feat.

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Beginning of March looks like it has some potential. At the very least, we should be able to help the mountain snowpack. Once the next few days of nowcasting ends I am sure we will see more LR maps posted.

Do we still give a crap about the long range anymore?

Interesting per NWS Spokane Troughing off the PNW coast will strengthen through this afternoon, ushering in anomalously cold air to the upper and mid levels. This cold air advection will promote steepening lapse rates, with the RAP and NAM showing low level lapse rates up to 8.8 degC/km. These low level lapse rates will favor convective enhancement within the incoming snow tonight, resulting in locally heavy bursts of snow. The exact location of these snow bands will be very hard to forecast in advance, but the overall area most likely to see impacts will be the Idaho Panhandle and the eastern third of Washington. This will impact the evening commute, with the potential for areas under these heavier snow bands to see low visibility, localized snowfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour, and flash freezing of roads. Conditions will deteriorate quickly, so be prepared for winter driving.