National Weather Service forecasters say nearly continuous onshore flow will keep California and portions of the Pacific Northwest in a very active, wet pattern this weekend. Rain and mountain snow is forecast for much of the western U.S. as a deep upper-level low and associated surface cold front pushes inland. Heavy rainfall is expected for the coastal areas and the nearby mountains, with some locations getting in excess of 4 inches of rainfall by Saturday morning (2/16). The extent of this on

We've seen some unsettled weather across the nation this week. Watch the last 72 hours of storm systems roll from coast to coast in this latest GOES composite water vapor imagery. You'll notice another rain- and snow-maker approaching northern California and the Pacific Northwest toward the end of the loop. Composite water vapor imagery, which combines the latest half-hourly imagery from NOAA's GOES East and GOES West satellites, is created with data from channel 3 -- the upper-level water vapor