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Weather advisories including winter weather, flood, and avalanche warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service due to storm systems affecting the Northwest and the Southern states today; plus, more of today’s weather news and forecast.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter weather advisories for the states of Washington and Oregon due to a storm system currently affecting the region.
Snow levels are expected between 4000-5000 feet today, but could drop as low as 3,000 feet by tomorrow morning. The NWS also issued a wind gust alert for portions of Oregon.
In addition, the NWS is warning of “dangerous avalanche conditions” for the Cascade mountains, Mountain Hood Area, and valleys of Whatcom and Skagit Counties.
Flood advisories have also been issued by the NWS for portions of Southwest Washington, including the south Washington Coast and Willapa Hills.
Winter weather advisories also extend into central and northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a number of winter weather advisories for portions of the central US including North Texas, Western Oklahoma, Western Kansas, Southeast Kansas, and central and southern Missouri.
The NWS issued a winter storm warning for Northwest Oklahoma, near the Panhandle, as well as southwestern Kansas around and near Dodge City.
Eastern and southern Texas will experience strong storms today, bringing small hail, lightning, heavy rains and high winds. Lots of water expected on roadways, affecting travel.
The fast-moving storm, moving roughly at 55 miles per hour, will continue eastward affecting other southern states throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
Northwest: Seattle 51/rain, Portland 51/rain, Boise 41/rain.
West: San Francisco 57/rain, Los Angeles 75/sunny, Reno 50/partly cloudy, Las Vegas 65/partly cloudy.
Northern Rockies: Billings 46/mostly cloudy, Bismarck 31/snow, Rapid City 45/snow.
Central plains: Kansas City 34/cloudy, Oklahoma City 42/rain.
Southwest: Salt Lake City 41/rain, Denver 50/sunny, Phoenix 70/sunny, Albuquerque 49/sunny.
South: El Paso 60/sunny, Lubbock 47/windy, San Antonio 73/cloudy, Houston 65/thunderstorms, New Orleans 65, partly cloudy.
Upper Midwest: Minneapolis 23/mostly cloudy, Detroit 34/cloudy.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 35/cloudy, St. Louis 36/cloudy, Cincinnati 38/cloudy, Memphis 53/mostly cloudy.
Southeast: Norfolk 49/mostly sunny, Charlotte 54/mostly sunny, Atlanta 56/sunny, Jacksonville 66/sunny, Tampa 71/sunny, Miami 78/mostly sunny.
Northeast: Washington 47/partly cloudy, Buffalo 33/snow, New York 44/partly cloudy, Boston 41/cloudy, Bangor 22/partly cloudy.
