With forecasters predicting five storms in the next week across Washington, which will bring inches of rain, wind advisories and LOTS of mountain snow.
SEATTLE (AP) — A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel.
The unusual conditions have brought spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow across the West that even skiing slopes have been overwhelmed.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
1007 AM PST MON DEC 21 2015
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO MANY AREAS OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON TODAY AND TONIGHT......
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