Northwestern US to face wind, rain and snow at week’s end (Report)

Following a stretch of dry, calm and mild weather, residents and tourists in the northwestern United States will be in for a rude and wintry awakening at the end of the week.

“A few more days of nice weather can be expected early this week; however, by Wednesday the threat for rain returns with a strong disturbance expected to dive out of western Canada,” AccuWeather meteorologist Max Vido said.

The first signs of the incoming weather will show at midweek as cloud cover increases and temperatures and high-elevation snow start to fall across Washington, Idaho and Montana.

By Thursday, these impacts will expand over Oregon and much of California.

Strong winds are expected to accompany an onslaught of heavy snow over the Cascades, Bitterroots and higher…