A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.
Target Area: Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties, Moses Lake Area, Spokane Area, Upper Columbia Basin, Washington Palouse, Waterville Plateau
FROM THE NATL WEATHER SERVICE...STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGS WIND AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...
.SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WAS REPORTED NEAR RITZVILLE. THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT BLOWING DUST WILL DECREASE VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WATERVILLE PLATEAU...THE WEST PLAINS...AND THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE.
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...RITZVILLE...WATERVILLE... COULEE CITY...WILBUR...DAVENPORT...CHENEY...SPOKANE...
PULLMAN... LACROSSE
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90...HIGHWAY 2... AND HIGHWAY 195 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY AND GUSTY CROSS WINDS.
