A late-season Pacific storm is hammering the Western United States this weekend with a one-two punch: a few feet of snow piling up in the northern Rockies, and damaging wind gusts shutting down major highways from the California coast through the Mojave.Active National Weather Service alerts span nine states from Washington to Arizona. The NOAA Weather Prediction Center puts the chance of formal Winter Storm Warning criteria being met above 80 percent for parts of the Mountain West, and local NWS offices are expected to issue full warnings within hours.The Numbers That MatterUp to 20 …
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Author: Adam Lynton
