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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

If traveling early this morning, you may encounter slippery, slushy road conditions across portions of central and southern Upper Michigan. Any lingering snow will change to rain around sunrise. Otherwise, wet, windy weather is expected today with wind gusts to 30 to 35 mph for many areas, except 40 to 45 mph along Lake Superior and over the Keweenaw. Scattered lake effect rain and snow showers will round out the week. The next more widespread wave of precipitation arrives later Sunday into Monday.
Expect northerly winds to gust to 25 to 45 mph today, strongest across the Keweenaw and along Lake Superior. The strongest wind gusts will occur during the morning hours.