North Central Washington

Meteorologist Steve Van Horn with the National Weather Service says the atmosphere is conducive for the possibility of wet, slow-moving thunderstorms today.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the chance for fires here is much lower, even with incoming hot weather.

The Wenatchee area as well as North Central Washington and the entire Northwest is about to see really hot weather, with temperatures at 20 degrees above normal by the weekend. National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the weather pattern is coming from an area of very strong high pressure...

With plenty of party sunny skies with passing April showers in the weather forecast for the days ahead, conditions are shaping up to be perfectly ripe for a little rainbow hunting! Now more often than not, rainbows aren't really something we can search down; the vast majority of them simply appear before our eyes from seemingly out of nowhere...

Commissioners in Chelan County are reporting that roads have been especially vulnerable to pot holes and buckling lately.

The Northwest Avalanche Center says people trapped in an avalanche have an 80-90% chance of survival if they're rescued within 10 minutes.

Laurie Nisbet with the National Weather Service says it won't have one element that brought an ice to the area over Christmas weekend.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Jon Fox says the first rain and snow storm of the season will start to clear out the smoke and haze.

The watch covers the east slopes of the Cascades and the mountainous areas across the Okanogan Highlands.