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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 >

Overview

On Saturday, October 13th a winter storm system moved quickly through the northern plains. This storm initially started out as rain, before changing over to heavy, wet snow during the afternoon. The snow continued through the evening, before ending overnight. The heaviest snow fell over the central and southern Black Hills, where over 10 inches of snow was reported. Elsewhere, two to five inches of snow was common across northeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, and the foothills of the Black Hills. Brisk northwest winds created some areas of blowing snow, but generally winds were not very strong with this storm system.

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Snow in Gillette
Photo by Hanna Nichols
Snow in Newcastle
Photo by Thomas Leighton
Snow in Lead
Photo by LeAnn Marie
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