Rain, mountain snow to spread across West this weekend

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The first leg of a cross-country storm will result in a round of rain and mountain snow across Washington, Oregon and California throughout the weekend.

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00:00 It's that time of year across the West Coast.

00:03 It's the wet season and as you can see in Seattle,

00:06 November, December, January are the three months in which we see on average

00:11 more than five inches of rain in a given month.

00:14 Now, this month is off to a pretty wet start.

00:18 You can see our current storm actually moving into the northwest right now.

00:21 Here comes some rain across the I-5 corridor out toward the Olympic Peninsula

00:25 and then into the Cascade Mountains.

00:26 It's cold enough that we are getting some snow

00:29 and we'll continue to see snow into the Cascades

00:31 as this storm moves ashore today, tomorrow, and even through Sunday.

00:35 Now, we do have some pass restrictions already in Snow Calmy and Stevens Pass.

00:38 Traction tires are advised and oversized vehicles are prohibited.

00:41 I would not be surprised to see White Pass follow suit

00:44 as this storm continues onshore.

00:46 Now, soaking wet forecast for I-5 in Washington,

00:49 from Seattle to Bellingham and Olympia to Longview,

00:51 temperatures in the 40s, even 50 on the dot in Olympia.

00:54 You were just clinging to that number,

00:56 but we end up with a wet day nonetheless.

00:59 The storm continues again onshore,

01:00 bringing us more in the way of some troublesome travel weather.

01:03 Say that five times fast.

01:05 We end up with soaking rain across I-5, not just through Washington,

01:08 but down into Oregon and even into Northern California as well.

01:11 Into the Siskiyou's, the Sierra, and even the Cascades and Northern Rockies,

01:15 we end up with more in the way of some thumping snow.

01:18 How much snow?

01:19 Well, let me show you here.

01:20 Let's take a look at your passes in Washington and Oregon.

01:23 And you can see Snow Calmy, you've got six to ten inches

01:25 by the time we're done with the day on Sunday.

01:27 How about Willamette Pass, though?

01:28 A foot to a foot and a half.

01:30 The skiers and snowboarders are absolutely going to love this pattern.

01:33 But travelers, beware.

01:34 Again, we already have pass restrictions,

01:36 and I would not be surprised to see some more.

01:39 San Francisco, again, you get some rain on Saturday

01:41 into Northern California into the Bay Area.

01:43 A little pause Sunday and Monday before the next storm

01:46 comes back in the picture on Tuesday, Wednesday,

01:47 and even Thursday with a couple showers.

01:49 Seattle, quite similar in terms of the forecast.

01:52 Even a few extra days worth of rain, I'm sorry to say.

01:54 We end up with a pretty soggy week ahead and a cooler week even.

01:58 As we get to Thursday, temperatures back down toward 40 on the dot.

02:01 A rain/snow mix in your AccuWeather exclusive forecast.

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