SPOKANE, Wash. — Following a storm that brought snow, wind and rain to parts of eastern Washington and north Idaho, many school districts are choosing to delay or cancel classes on Tuesday, January 9.
Several advisories and warnings are in place including a Winter Weather Advisory, Winter Storm Warning and High Wind Advisory are in place for much of the region.
For a full list of delays and closings click here.
Schools closed on Tuesday, January 9
- Boundary County School District
- Forrest Bird Charter School
- Genesee School District
- Hayden Canyon Charter
- Highland School District
- Kootenai School District
- Lakeland School District
- Lake Pend Oreille School District
- North Idaho Stem Charter Academy
- Plummer-Worley School District
- St Maries School District
- Troy School District
- West Bonner School District
School Delays
- Chewelah School District - 2 hour delay
- Colville School District - 2 hour delay
- Cusick School District - 2 hour delay
- Davenport School District - 2 hour delay
- Deer Park School District - 2 hour delay
- Grand Coulee Dam School District - 2 hour delay
- Kettle Falls School District: 2-hour delay
- Liberty School District - 2 hour delay
- Loon Lake School District - 2 hour delay
- Mary Walker School District - 2 hour delay and no preschool
- Nespelem School District - 2 hour delay
- Newport School District - 2 hour delay
- Northport School District - 2 hour delay
- Onion Creek School District - 2 hour delay
- Orient School District - 2 hour delay
- Reardan-Edwall School District - 2 hour delay
- Riverside School District - 2 hour delay
- Royal School District - 2 hour delay
- Summit Valley School - 2 hour delay
- Valley School District - 2 hour delay, no breakfast will be served
- Wellpinit School District: 2-hour delay
- Whitepine Joint School District - 2 hour delay
Other
Rosalia Schools are open and running on regular schedule, but buses will be running on Emergency Routes only
Weather Forecast
By Tuesday morning Eastern Washington will see snow change to rain as temps increase, the snow remains heavy for North Idaho and the mountains of northeast Washington.
Snow Totals: Spokane will get 2-3" of snow - most falling before midnight. Coeur d'Alene could pick up a lot more with more snow than rain falling early Tuesday, totals will be closer to 4-8" there. Sandpoint and Wallace is 8-12" with temperatures staying a little cooler. The longer the snow continues into Tuesday, the higher the totals will be.
Winds: Wind Advisories are in place for all of central and eastern Washington in anticipation of potentially damaging winds. Gusts will approach 40-50mph Tuesday morning. The foothills of the Blue Mountains are under High Wind Warnings, gusts there will be up to 60mph. The wind out of the southwest will bump temperatures up above freezing across much of the region, causing the switch from snow to rain for some.
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