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Weather Impacts for the Pacific Northwest This Week; Watching the Northeast U.S.

A series of Pacific fronts will bring periods of moderate rain, higher elevation snow, and gusty winds to the Pacific Northwest through this week. A more widespread precipitation event looks likely this weekend. In the Northeast U.S. a storm may bring gusty winds, low elevation rain, and high elevation snow Friday into this coming weekend. Read More >

This time of year, near the equinox's, the angle of the sun is almost directly aligned with east to west orientated roads after sunrise and before sunset. So, if heading east in the morning or west in the evening along east/west roads you can expect a significant glare. For the next week or so, you can expect on sunny days, glare and potential slowdowns from 730am-800am or so in the morning and from 700pm-740pm in the evening.