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Spokane, WA – Eastern Washington may see a mix of cold rain, snow, and wintry travel conditions during the Thanksgiving holiday window, as new federal long-range forecasts keep the region in a near-normal precipitation pattern, giving the Inland Northwest roughly a 50–50 chance of measurable snow between November 23 and November 29.
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 Day Outlook released Saturday, Eastern Washington sits on the colder side of a developing West Coast trough. While the precipitation signal isn’t strongly above normal, temperatures across the Columbia Basin, Palouse, and Spokane region are expected to run cold enough that any incoming system could fall as snow—especially early and late in the day.…