Three storms over the next week will move from the West Coast across the central Plains into the Midwest and the Northeast. Each will produce substantial snow and heavy rain sandwiched around a dangerous band of icy precipitation.
The near-constant parade of storms that began last week will continue to spread a nasty mix of rain, ice and snow across the country right up until Christmas Eve.
The recent storm in the Southwest and a new storm in the Northwest have dropped phenomenal snowfall in some areas. Dry, desert areas that typically see little or no snow through the entire winter have been buried by heavy snow from these single storms.
Snow is being measured in feet over interior Washington, while the ground was blanketed with snow in southern Nevada.
Expert Senior Meteorologist Bernie Rayno says that the week before Christmas could be the stormiest week of the winter of 2008 - 2009.
The near-constant parade of storms that began last week will continue to spread a nasty mix of rain, ice and snow across the country right up until Christmas Eve.
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