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CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years AGO
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | March 6, 2023 3:37 PM
MOSES LAKE — The only question anybody had about the snow that fell Sunday night and Monday morning was, when was it going away?
Well, there were two questions. Is it coming back?
It being early March, it’s not going to stick around too long. But, said Rachael Fewkes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Spokane, said at least a little snow might be back by the end of the week, but early March is looking erratic.
“We’re in kind of an unstable pattern,” Fewkes said.
Temperatures Monday afternoon broke the freezing mark and melted most of what had fallen. The NWS forecast projects partly cloudy but dry weather for Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be different.
“We have our next widespread precipitation band,” Fewkes said. “For that one it’s going to be a little warmer.”
A mix of rain and snow is forecast for Thursday night and Friday morning. Snow is likely through Friday morning, switching over to rain Friday afternoon. That’s not the end of the rainy snowy weather pattern.
“That will kind of last on and off through the weekend,” she said.
Weekend highs are forecast to be near 50 degrees.
“The general trend is warming,” Fewkes said.
While it might be rainy and snowy, it shouldn’t be very windy. Winds are forecast to be about five to 10 miles per hour Tuesday and Wednesday, dying down Wednesday night. Winds could pick up again with the arrival of the rain and snow, up to 10 to 15 miles per hour, she said.
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