Wet and snowy weekend on tap for the West Coast
A storm arriving from the Pacific Ocean will spread rain and mountain snow across Washington, Oregon and California throughout the upcoming weekend.
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00:00 Here comes more rain into Seattle today,
00:02 tomorrow and Saturday.
00:03 Rain on tap temperatures
00:04 cooling day by day as well.
00:06 We're in the mid 40s by the time
00:08 we get to Saturday afternoon,
00:10 but the big story here is not just that.
00:12 It's rainy.
00:13 We have a big storm coming
00:15 into the Western US.
00:16 It's going to be the same storm
00:18 that next week wreaks havoc
00:19 across the middle of the country
00:21 and the eastern seaboard,
00:22 but first it has to get to the great PNW.
00:25 It's this big swirl here out
00:27 by the Aleutian Islands.
00:28 It's helping to send the energy ashore,
00:30 and that's what's going to cause
00:32 kind of a nasty start to the weekend
00:34 here across the West Coast.
00:36 This is what we're looking at here.
00:37 Turning colder and travel disruptions
00:39 are really the two big impacts,
00:41 but I will say this.
00:42 I think you'll especially have problems
00:43 into the northern Cascades as we look
00:45 back up toward, let's say,
00:46 White Pass in Washington.
00:47 I think the snow is going to get down
00:49 to pass level and it is going to be
00:50 concerning in terms of folks who are
00:52 attempting to drive through
00:53 the passes this weekend.
00:54 Make sure you're heating any local
00:56 advisories as you head that way.
00:57 Even out toward the northern Rockies.
00:59 Once you're getting up into the higher
01:01 elevations of the bitter roots in the
01:02 Lewis Range into Montana and Idaho,
01:04 we could see some pretty hefty snowfall
01:05 well over a foot in those high
01:07 elevations and even back toward the
01:09 Sierra some extra snow as well.
01:10 Not quite as robust as the Cascades,
01:12 but still something to watch for.
01:14 Saturday is the biggest day when
01:15 it comes to that winter weather
01:17 across the Pacific Northwest itself.
01:19 You can see the rain back toward I-5
01:20 as you get a little lower in elevation.
01:22 It's not quite as cold,
01:23 at least not cold enough to support
01:25 snow back out towards Seattle,
01:26 Tacoma, even outdoors.
01:27 Let's say Medford and Eugene.
01:29 But once you get to the mountains,
01:30 that's when things change.
01:31 Things change pretty quickly.
01:33 Overall mountains.
01:34 Once we get into the Yakima Valley,
01:35 bit of a mushy icy mix with whatever
01:37 moisture is left over before again
01:39 and we climb in elevation.
01:40 We're back into the snow in the
01:42 mountains of Idaho and Montana.
01:44 In terms of your next seven days in Seattle,
01:45 oh, unfortunately we are stuck in a
01:48 stormy trend hard to find sunshine.
01:50 Over the next week,
01:51 so just stick it out and have that
01:53 umbrella handy as the rain is in the
01:55 forecast at least through Wednesday.
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