A more active weather pattern is developing across the continental U.S., and in particular across the South and Northwest.  The Northwestern storminess will persist for several days, leading to 5-day precipitation totals that could reach 5 to 10 inches or more from the northern Pacific Coast to the Cascades.  Varying amounts of rain and high-elevation snow will extend inland across the northern Rockies and as far south as northern sections of California and the Great Basin. 

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