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Next Pacific Northwest storm cranking up

Cars and trucks on a snow Idaho road.

Truckers will have to be ready to chain up again as they head through the Northwest. The next snowstorm was beginning to crank up Thursday morning and will impact travel in the valleys and mountains.

Related: 5 states with toughest chain laws for truckers

Recent storms have dumped a few feet of snow in parts of the Cascades and northern Rockies. This next storm will add several more inches in some parts of the region, especially eastern Washington and northern Idaho, where the National Weather...

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Snowstorm returning to Western states

"Winter Driving Conditions Ahead" road sign.

Less than a week after the first major snowstorm of the season faded across the Rockies, the next is already on its way.

Parts of Montana and Wyoming were slammed with more than 24 inches of snow as well as blizzard conditions the first four days of last week. The next storm, which began Sunday night, will first impact truckers in the Sierra Nevada.

Snow is coming down along much of the range and some places could see 6 to 12 inches before the storm moves east later Monday. The National Weather...

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1st big snowfall of season possibly coming to Mountain West

Tractor-trailers on a snowy road.

A big change in the weather will change summerlike conditions to winter across parts of the Northwest and Rockies.

Temperatures were well above normal in the Northwest most of the summer and that trend continued into early fall. October began with temperatures more typical of July or August in the northern Rockies. The high in Helena, Montana, soared to 84 degrees Tuesday, surpassing the daily record high of 81 degrees set in 1958. Helena’s average high for Oct. 5 is 64 degrees.

Related: 5 states...

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Snowstorms still trucking through Northwest

Tractor-trailers on a snowy Washington highway.

Truckers will hit another round of heavy snowfall and gusty winds Wednesday in the mountains of the Northwest. This has been a persistent pattern for more than a week, with some places seeing 3 to 5 feet of snow already in 2021.

NEW #VIDEO! Intense winter storm underway up at Stevens Pass, WA causing a huge headache for truck drivers and other travelers. The 18-Wheeler drivers said they were caught completely off guard because the signs didn’t reflect that chains were required. #wawx #snow pic...

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Snowstorms continue this week for Northwest truckers

Snowy mountain highway in California.

The parade of snowstorms that began in the Northwest several days ago marches on. Truckers will have to chain up heading through high elevations of the Cascades, Sierra Nevada and northern Rockies this week as periods of heavy snowfall and gusty winds continue.

This is a major storm hammering the pass. These are the conditions our crews are dealing with. We are working hard to get spun out vehicles removed so we can get things back open. Again, we will provide an update at 11 pm for a...

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