Pacific Northwest Storm Parade to Bring More Rain

A parade of Pacific storms that began last week will continue to impact the Northwest into the coming weekend, though their nature will be changing from those producing flooding rain, to those with lower snow levels more typical of mid-December.

According to the National Weather Service, about 10 locations in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon have reported a foot or more of total rainfall in the three days ending 5 a.m. PST Wednesday. The top rainfall total so far is 18 inches at Lee's Camp in Oregon's northwest coastal range. Parts of coastal northwest Washington have seen 4 to 12 inches, while interior locations have seen 2 to 5 inches since this past weekend.

Rivers have topped flood stage at over two dozen river gauges in western Washington and northwest Oregon. Stretches of the Snoqalmie, Snohomish, Cowlitz and Chehalis Rivers, among others, are either forecast, or have already pushed into major flood stage Wednesday, but will fall by later Wednesday or Thursday.

 

 

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