It's obvious that there is global warming on the east coast </s
We're having very warm weather for this time of year (60 yesterday and about 51 now (6 a.m.) Maybe the global warming is only hitting the left coast.
In all seriousness, they're expecting a lot more rain, and, since it's warm in the mountains, too, they'll also probably get rain instead of snow increasing the chance of flooding(some of the ski places have closed down because they've lost so much snow).
Flash flood warning for WA:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH BULLETIN NO. 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
430 AM PST SAT JAN 22 2005
WAC009-027-031-033-045-053-057-061-073-222330-
430 AM PST SAT JAN 22 2005
...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON: CLALLAM...GRAYS HARBOR...JEFFERSON...
KING...MASON...PIERCE...SKAGIT...SNOHOMISH...WHATCOM.
$$
ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND COULD DRIVE
WESTERN WASHINGTON RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AGAIN BY SUNDAY OR
MONDAY.
RIVERS FACING THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING INCLUDE THE SATSOP...
BOGACHIEL...ELWHA...SKOKOMISH...THE REACH OF THE PUYALLUP NEAR ORTING
...THE SNOQUALMIE...TOLT...SKYKOMISH...SNOHOMISH...STILLAGUAMISH...
SKAGIT...AND NOOKSACK RIVERS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT...WHEN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE OLYMPICS AND CENTRAL AND NORTH
CASCADES COULD RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. FORKS ON THE NORTH
COAST RECEIVED NEARLY TWO INCHES DURING THE NIGHT. THE FREEZING
LEVEL WILL BE UNUSUALLY HIGH FOR JANUARY...REMAINING ABOVE 8000 FEET
UNTIL MONDAY.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT OR
CERTAIN. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A FLOOD PRONE RIVER IN THE WATCH AREA...BE
READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A FLOOD
WARNING.