Expires:202203020300;Remove:202203020300;918352 FPUS76 KOTX 020109 NOWOTX Short Term Forecast National Weather Service Spokane WA 509 PM PST Tue Mar 1 2022 IDZ001-002-004-WAZ036-037-020300- Northern Panhandle-Coeur d'Alene Area-Central Panhandle Mountains- Spokane Area-Northeast Mountains- Including the cities of Sandpoint, Rathdrum, Bonners Ferry, Priest River, Eastport, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Worley, Kellogg, St Maries, Pinehurst, Osburn, Wallace, Mullan, Lookout Pass, Fernwood, Spokane, Cheney, Davenport, Rockford, Colville, Deer Park, Chewelah, Newport, and Kettle Falls 509 PM PST Tue Mar 1 2022 .Now... Through 700 PM...Isolated to widely scattered showers will track across northeast Washington and north Idaho, and isolated embedded thunderstorms are possible. These will be capable of brief heavy downpours and small hail or graupel, along with isolated lightning strikes, as well as gusty winds to 40 mph. This includes areas north of Diamond Lake in Pend Oreille county, areas along US 95 over the northern Panhandle. It could also include areas around the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene metro, especially near Green Acres to Coeur d'Alene, east to Fourth of July Pass. However the overall risk for any thunderstorms is expected to wane with the sunset. $$