: , , : Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Saturday , January 11, 2014 Powerful Winds , Heavy Rain , and Snow : The Perfect Northwest Weekend This weekend promises a large amount of weather action , with much of the fun yet to . come Last night a strong warm front moved through , bringing powerful winds in its wake , followed by a cold front . nbsp And a strong , bent-back trough will be here soon , increasing the winds again . nbsp Plus , heavy snow coming in the mountains , and big winds on the eastern side of the Cascades--too much weather for one blog Just to give you some perspective , here is the large scale chart for 4 PM yesterday . nbsp Solid lines are sea level pressure , near-surface winds are the pennants