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Tracking Late Season Winter Storms; Unusual Early-Season Heat Wave in the Southwest

Heavy snow and high winds continue in the Great Lakes and Northeast. A moderate atmospheric river will continue to bring heavy precipitation to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. A major winter storm will develop across the northern High Plains tonight into Saturday and rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Great Lakes on Sunday. Above-average temperatures expected in the Southwest. 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