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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 >

Despite mild fall temperatures, the overall pattern is expected to trend cooler through the winter. The early portion of winter may not be as harsh as the latter half, when the probabilities for cooler than normal temperatures increases.

Chances depict that wetter than normal conditions could pan out over Lower Michigan. The result of cooler than normal temperatures and above normal precipitation may lead to snowfall amounts that also end up above normal.