The latest atmospheric river was a record breaker in many ways. But it also highlights why these systems are important for the Pacific Northwest.

An updated winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 5:43 a.m. in effect until 5 p.m. for Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon.

With a blizzard burying the upper Midwest, wildfires spreading across the Plains, dangerous flooding in Hawaii and triple-digit temperatures in the Southwest, we followed wild weather all across the country.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for Oregon's Cascade Foothills, Coast Range and higher mountain passes from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18.

A plume of Pacific moisture with embedded storms will bring multiple rounds of heavy rain and mountain snow to western Washington, northwestern Oregon and southern British Columbia through the end of the week.

Climatologist Larry O’Neill said all this precipitation still isn’t enough to put a dent in the region’s ongoing drought. “Even though in western Washington and Oregon it may have seemed like it’s been much wetter than normal this winter,

Oregon's Mt. Ashland is closing once again due to low snowpack.

A multiday storm ripping across the eastern US is bringing a significant severe weather threat from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast as blizzard conditions threaten parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes.