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Updated: 10:17 a.m. Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 | Posted: 9:59 a.m. Friday, Nov. 26, 2010

More Snow Forecast For Mountains, Wind In North Sound



SEATTLE —

Already dealing with one of the snowiest Novembers on record, parts of Eastern Washington braced Monday for a new storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow.

The National Weather Service said the new storm will bring up to 2 feet of snow Tuesday in the Cascade Range.

KIRO 7 Meteorologist Rick VanCise the storm will also bring rain and gusty winds to Western Washingotn.

VanCise said to expect south easterlies to 20 mph over Seattle, but up to 35 on the coast and northwest interior where gusts could top 50 mph.

A winter storm warning was in effect until Wednesday morning for areas of Eastern Washington, including Spokane, Colville and Pullman. Forecasters expected 4 to 8 inches of snow in those areas, with another round of snow possible on Thursday.

The Weather Service measured 20.5 inches of snow in Spokane as of early Sunday, making November the fifth snowiest since records began in 1893. With two more days to go in the month, the record of 24.7 inches set in 1955 could fall.

Spokane has already had more snow than the 13.7 inches recorded all of last winter.

The storms could have an impact on Saturday's Apple Cup football showdown between Washington and Washington State in Pullman.

Several inches of snow are on the ground in Pullman, with more expected this week.

The Dec.4 game is the latest the Apple Cup has ever been played. The Saturday forecast is for highs in the low 30s, a low of 22 and a 30 percent chance of snow showers.

The snow is the result of a La Nina cooling in the tropical Pacific that has created a storm circulation that draws colder air from Alaska and Canada to mix with moisture off the North Pacific Ocean.

A winter weather advisory for lower snow amounts is in the forecast for the Okanogan Valley, Chelan County and lower Columbia Basin from Moses Lake and Connell southward.

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