The City of Spokane and Avista prepares for tree damage, power outages and difficult driving conditions from severe wind storm and urges citizens to stay safe.

Winter may be winding down on the calendar, but the weather pattern across the Upper Midwest remains quite active. We are tracking several systems that will impact the region over the next week or so.

Winds will relax into the evening as mostly clear skies let these temperatures fall back into the low to mid 20s overnight. Another, more northern, system will be trucking into the region late ...

The worst of this storm will produce wind up to 95mph along the Rocky Mountain Front and snow of up to 48" in the mountains.

A major wind and snow storm will hit the state over the next several days with powerful gusts and then heavy snow, with some mountains seeing blizzard conditions.

Though tornado counts may decrease, AccuWeather warns that damaging straight-line winds and torrential downpours will pose widespread threats.