Westerners Catch Much-Needed Break this Week
11/1/2009 4:06 PM
People across the Northwest are catching a much-need break after dealing with round after round of
soaking rain, heavy mountain snow and strong winds the past few weeks.
Dry
By Heather
Buchman
AccuWeather.com
People across
the Northwest are catching a much-need break after
dealing with round after round of
soaking rain, heavy mountain snow and
strong winds the past few weeks.
Dry weather is in store for the West through most of the upcoming week with near- or above-normal temperatures.
The latest Pacific storm to plow into
North America targeted
British Columbia over the weekend. This storm was still able to drag a
cold
front through the Pacific Northwest, producing rain and high-elevation snow showers along with
high winds.
Winds gusted between 60 and 70 mph in parts of Montana Saturday, downing trees and power lines and damaging property. There were even a few reports
of gusts past 100 mph near Choteau and Nye, Mont.
The next Pacific storms in line to hit
North America through
midweek will generally steer clear of the western
United States. Instead, Alaska and
British Columbia will remain the targets.
With this new pattern taking shape, people in cities like
Seattle and Portland can get outdoors and enjoy dry weather and
seasonable temperatures most of this first week of November.
For people farther south across California and the
Desert Southwest, the
month is kicking off on the warm side. High pressure and an offshore flow will keep temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal in most places.
Highs will climb into the upper 70s in
Fresno and upper 80s in
Phoenix most of the week. Temperatures in
Los Angeles will top out in the mid- to upper 80s through
Tuesday.
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