Local weather prognosticator...

predicts mild winter:

"Quinn expects the winter of 2009-10 to produce about 25 inches of snow in places like Cheney. 'That’s half to less than half of normal snowfall at lower elevations,' he said."

I'd warn you, however, not to bank on this. EWU geography professor Quinn was in error by more than 100 percent in his forecast for last winter when the Spokane region received nearly 94" of snow.