Heavy Rain On The Way For The Pacific Northwest – September 18, 2021

National Weather Forecast

Whatever is left of Nicholas will continue to help bring in heavy rain across portions of the central Gulf Coast and Southeast on Saturday. A weakening boundary in the Northeast could spark some showers and isolated thunderstorms. The Northwest will continue to see showers and storms, with snow mixing in at times at higher elevations. Storms will also be possible across the Intermountain West and Southwest.

While rainfall amounts of 1-3” will be possible across the Southeast, it’ll be the Pacific Northwest that sees the heaviest rain through the weekend with some locations seeing over 3” fall.

Here’s a closer look at the Northwest, where Seattle and Portland could see over an inch of rain fall. There could also be some snow accumulation up in the mountains.

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Lab-grown woolly mammoths could walk the Earth in six years if geneticist’s new start-up succeeds

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More from Inside Climate News: “A record number of environmental activists were killed in 2020, according to the latest accounting by a U.K.-based advocacy group that puts the blame squarely on extractive industries, including agribusiness and logging. The number of documented killings—227—occurred across the world, but in especially high numbers throughout Latin America and the Amazon. According to the report, published late Sunday by Global Witness, the real number is likely to be higher.”

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