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Spokane sees snow just in time for Christmas Snow began falling around 5 p.m. on Christmas day. Heres the latest on how much snow we can expect and how long it might stick around! Author: Thomas Patrick Updated: 7:30 PM PST December 25, 2020 SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane has a White Christmas after all!  Flakes started falling around 5 p.m. Dec. 25.  The next weather system moving into the Pacific Northwest waited until Christmas Day to do so. It started with heav...

Weather Classroom: How do eclipses happen and when do we see them? Meteorologist Thomas Patrick covers all the different variety of eclipses we can see, and when the next ones are visible in the U.S. Author: Thomas Patrick Updated: 8:44 PM CST December 14, 2020 SPOKANE, Wash. — Eclipses are my favorite astronomical phenomenon! The relationship between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon creates these wonderful displays when the shadow of one falls on the other. Fo...

Retailers are reporting good sales with just a number of shopping days left until Christmas. Non-essential retail reopened on December 1st and it is expected it will stay open when new restrictions come into place at the end of the month. Retail Excellence says queues are being managed very well and the public has been compliant with public health advice. Retailers on Dublins Grafton Street say there has been a great buzz in recent days and that the public has been very careful regarding public...

Updated: 4:46 PM PST December 17, 2020 SPOKANE, Wash. — In the Fall and Winter months, the western U.S. tends to experience a weather phenomenon known as a "Atmospheric River." The term itself is self-explanatory. The atmospheric itself can create narrow moisture transport that resembles a river.  The most common variation of this is when tropical moisture from near Hawaii is siphoned by the low level jet stream and is then aimed towards the western U.S. The moisture rich reg...

Updated: 6:44 PM PST December 14, 2020 SPOKANE, Wash. — Eclipses are my favorite astronomical phenomenon! The relationship between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon creates these wonderful displays when the shadow of one falls on the other. For the lunar eclipse, its when the Earths shadow falls on the Moon. For the solar eclipse its the other way around. Think of it this way, the Moon "disappears" during a lunar eclipse, and the Sun "disappears" during a solar eclipse.  But t...

The photos will be added to the slideshow below! As for how much snow, we can best describe it as "moderate-light." The GFS model is now around two inches of snow for Spokane, which is down from about three to six inches as of Wednesdays model runs. It will likely result in another Winter Weather Advisory being issued. A third round of precipitation could fall as snow again Tuesday and/or Wednesday of next week. With that being nearly a week away, details are vague and its impossible to tell th...

after i read this book i came across a few facts i want to run by you because i think it sets up the discussion pretty well. according to some data that ive just seen there are over 1200 government organizations across the country involved in intelligence, counterterrorism and homeland security. weve got about 850,000 people with top security clearances, and the intelligence budget since september 10th, 2001 is now 2.5 times the size, of 75 billion. and yet, if you read this book, you ...

th menu. straight ahead. "fox and friends" for saturday starts right now. ♪ > thatanmation shows what it will eventually look like in downtown manhattan where the world trade center once stood. this is a live shot. >> that is the view from library state park across the hudson river looking at manhattan. that is the taller building on the screen. thats where it will stand 1776 feet some day. >> welco to the special coverage for september 11th, nine years later. ceremonies in ground ze...