KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart said "we’ll likely have to wait week to week to see how this spring season unfolds."

Major changes to national weather service is happening after hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal NOAA employees were fired.

A pair of storms pummeling the Pacific Northwest threaten flooding, avalanches and 'sting jets' – intense and destructive low-level winds.

Puget Sound Energy reported that approximately 94,000 customers are without power, as of 11:50 a.m. Additionally, Snohomish County PUD reported there were more than 5,700 homes without power as of 7 a.m.

The third powerful atmospheric river storm to impact the Pacific Northwest since the end of last week blasted portions of Washington and Oregon with hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain that led to widespread power outages,

A powerful storm system is bearing down on the Pacific Northwest, bringing high winds, heavy rainfall, and hazardous surf conditions across Washington and Oregon, meteorologists warned on Monday, Feb.

National Weather Service forecasts suggest that through the weekend, about 1 to 3 inches of rain will fall around the coast, including around 2 inches for Seattle.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and other employees in Seattle are among the estimated 880 agency staff fired Thursday across the U.S., according to Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office and union representatives.

An atmospheric river of moisture is expected to enter portions of western Montana on Saturday night and linger for several days.

An atmospheric river of moisture is bringing rain and wind to the Pacific Northwest starting late Friday night. The National Weather Service estimates nearly 2 inches of precipitation could hit the Rose City between 4 a.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Tuesday, with some spots along the Oregon Coast nearing 4 inches.

“While atmospheric rivers can vary greatly in size and strength, the average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.