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High winds, mountain snows hits Northwest

By Doug Esser
Published December 18, 2012 7:44am ET
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High winds, mountain snows hits Northwest
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at 02:00 PM EST, shows a frontal system moving into the Pacific Northwest and northern California bringing rain and heavy mountain snow. Snow will continue to fall over the Great Basin as the system moves eastward. A cold front moving south over the Northern Plains will bring snow showers. (AP Photo/Weather Underground) | AP

SEATTLE (AP) — The strongest Northwest storm of the season blew in early Monday on winds that gusted to more than 80 mph on the coast, knocking out power in places and creating blizzard-like conditions in the mountains.

The storm is headed east along the U.S.-Canada border, said meteorologist Danny Mercer.

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