Expires:200910172200;Remove:200910172200;996598 FPUS76 KOTX 172038 NOWOTX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 138 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009 WAZ034-041-042-044-172200- MOSES LAKE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES- WATERVILLE PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOSES LAKE...EPHRATA...OTHELLO... QUINCY...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH... MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP...STEHEKIN...CONCONULLY...WATERVILLE... MANSFIELD 138 PM PDT SAT OCT 17 2009 .NOW... A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CASCADES...LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN...AND WENATCHEE VALLEY THROUGH 3 PM. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITY TO FALL BELOW 1/4 MILE WITH MODERATE PONDING OF WATER ALONG ROADWAYS. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE LOCATED ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHERN CHELAN COUNTY...SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY. THIS WILL MAINLY IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG US 2...US 97...AND I-90 FROM MOSES LAKE TO ELLENSBURG. $$