A stormy pattern is returning to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest just in time for the weekend.

This forecast is a few weeks out and some changes should be expected when it comes to specifics, but the overall pattern is leaning ... wetter weather over the Pacific Northwest.

Dry, clear and cold conditions in Portland and throughout the Pacific Northwest are likely to continue for at least another week. David Bishop is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

A nasty rain and snow storm known as a "bomb cyclone" came ashore late Tuesday and early Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest ... a massive shift in weather patterns. What had been a mild November ...