Pacific Northwest Rainfall – National Weather Outlook For October 16, 2023

by | Oct 16, 2023 | Weather

National Weather Forecast

A system moving into the Pacific Northwest Monday will bring rain and higher elevation snow chances to the region. We’ll also watch scattered showers from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, and still downwind of portions of the Great Lakes as well. Some snow could mix in at times in the Appalachians.

Some of the heaviest rain will fall in the Pacific Northwest through the first few days of the work week, with potentially up to 3” for some locations.

A few inches of snow could fall through the first part of the week in the Cascades.

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