40 Inches of Snow In Northwest

The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, have been pounded again with heavy rain and snow. According to CNN, avalanches and mudslides in Washington closed roads and blocked trains, and power and phone service was out in parts of Oregon.

Action Steve Penstone (PREMIUM | PRO) has been monitoring the BC webcams and saved this excellent shot from Hwy 5 in British Columbia yesterday.

AVALANCHE DANGER


- January 30, 2006 - In this photo provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation and released Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, snow from an avalanche is shown after it flowed over a protective structure covering the westbound lanes of Interstate 90, right, and covered the eastbound lanes near Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. Heavy snow and several avalanches shut down the state's major east-west freeway for the second time in two days. The pass reopened Monday morning after it was closed for 16 hours. (AP Photo/ Jim Adams)

More than 40 inches of snow has fallen at aptly-named Snoqualmie Pass, Washington in the past four days. Now up there, they're used to heavy snow causing road problems, but this is extreme by their standards. Here are some additional snowfall amounts reported by the NWS:

Holden Village, WA: 30.3" (24 Hours)
Pine, MT: 18.0"
Cool Creek, MT: 14.5"
Warm Lake, ID: 13.0"
Idaho City, ID: 13.0"
Tony Grove Bear River Range, UT: 11.0"

During the next two days, western Oregon and Washington can expect another 2-4 inches of rain, and up to 3 feet of snow could fall in the mountains of Washington State, Idaho, and Montana.