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Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies this Weekend

A Pacific storm and atmospheric river will impact the Pacific Northwest states and northern Rockies this weekend, bringing locally heavy low elevations rain and heavy high elevation snow in the mountains. By Sunday over the Interior Northwest, rain combined with snowmelt will increase the risk of flood hazards. Flood Watches are in effect. Read More >

This lightning photo was taken by Tyler Mode of Vancouver, WA over the WSU campus in Pullman, WA on June 10th. Besides the amazing forked cloud to ground lightning shot, there is also an image of a rainbow on the far right side of the photo.

Lightning over WSU