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10 year Anniversary of Historic Windstorm: Nov 17, 2015

A historic and damaging wind storm took place on Nov 17, 2015. The Inland Northwest felt the impacts far and wide of the strong and damaging winds. Read More >

This visible satellite image was taken at 100 pm PST 13 Nov 2000. An area of clouds was moving across central Washington. But the clouds are thin enough to see the snow cover on the Waterville Plateau and along Highway 2. Farther to the east, skies are clear and allow a good view of the snow over extreme eastern Washington and the Panhandle. Note how clearly visible the rivers are over the Palouse and east of Lewiston.

Snowpack visible through the clouds on satellite image