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COEUR d'ALENE — Local meteorologist Randy Mann will answer questions Thursday for those who tune in through the Coeur d'Alene Press Facebook page.

Beginning at 3 p.m., Mann will give a live weather report and answer weather-related questions from viewers. To send the meteorologist a question during the 10- to 15-minute broadcast, click "Like" on the Coeur d'Alene Press Facebook page, www.facebook.com/CDAPress and be ready to go when the live broadcast starts Thursday afternoon.

"A lot of people will be asking long-range weather questions and about how much snowfall we will get the rest of winter," Mann said. "I am expecting to get all kinds of questions though, since there is no set format. But it's fun engaging with everyone this way and it's something we could never do in the past."

Mann added he will have a tablet to illustrate weather patterns to viewers, and said the trial run on Thursday could spawn a weekly series.