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Both coasts dealing with snow, rain, wind

Rain and snow will affect the West and East Coasts most on Friday, although the system in the West is still causing major problems. The Breakfast Brief is published every Monday through Friday at 5 a.m. ET.

Across the East, a low-pressure system is still exiting the Great Lakes and moving across the Northeast. Snow will still fall across the northern Appalachian Mountains and parts of the interior Northeast and New England. The coastal area will stay with all liquid precipitation. Inland New York could get up to a foot of snow, with some spots up to 16 inches. The coastal TriState area could receive up to 3 inches in some spots.

Out West, the serious threat of floods continues for Friday across northern California. The Cascade Range and upper Sierra Nevada Mountains have a moderate risk, with at least 40 percent of the area at risk of rainfall exceeding flash flood guidance within 25 miles of a point. It might not seem high, but it is a considerable and dangerous risk to residents in this area face that can quickly turn life-threatening.

The almost stationary atmospheric river could bring an additional 6 to 12 inches of rainfall through Saturday. This river of deep moisture will start to wind down on Saturday, but this just means that the deeper moisture will move away. Rounds of showers will still be present through the weekend; this includes mountain snow.

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Our WindRadar clearly shows how a persistent low will be parked over the weekend near the Northwest. As a low-pressure system slowly moves near the coast throughout the weekend, strong gusts will affect the Pacific Northwest, including the Oregon coast. Strong gusts could exceed 50 mph, and seas will be rough and dangerous.

November 22, 1992

45 tornadoes touched down in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Georgia was hard hit with two F4, one F3 and three F2 tornadoes that killed six people and injured 144. Indiana had a total of 15 tornadoes on this day to set a record for an outbreak in November and for the month of November. One, an F4 multiple-vortex type, cut a 22-mile path through extreme southeastern Indiana and northern Kentucky. This tornado debunked the myth that twisters don't cross rivers, as this devastating tornado crossed the Ohio River twice.