Winter storm watch in effect for Greater Sudbury

Forecasters have warned of more to come on Sunday and Monday.

Temperatures on Sunday will be in the upper 30s to low 40s but winter precipitation arrives late Sunday evening into the overnight.

The large group of people participated in a public snowball fight on Saturday at Wright Park in Tacoma, Washington.

Washington's Governor, Jay Inslee, declared an emergency across the state on Friday.

Light snow started early Friday in the northern Cascade foothills and was expected to reach Snohomish County by noon before moving into King County and metro Seattle. Seattle and other areas of the Puget Sound are bracing for a winter storm that is expected to bring 4 to 8 inches of snow.

Some areas around Seattle recieved more than 10 inches of snow Saturday, the most in 70 years, the National Weather Service said, and more is on the way two more storm systems close in on the area. More than a foot of snow (30.5 cm) was recorded by Saturday morning in some areas, including on the Olympic Peninsula, in the nation's latest bout of winter weather.

"Rush hour during the morning Tuesday as well as later that night will be very hard and slow due to another heavy snowfall", Yuhas said.

For information on warming shelters for homeless, there's a running list here.

In Portland, a tanker truck blocked a ramp for hours after sliding into a vehicle on an interchange between Interstates 5 and 84. Hawaii News Now reported that the surf was forecast to top out at 60 feet (18 metres) on Sunday.

"There is going to be a major snow event over much of the Pacific Northwest", Cliff Mass, a University of Washington meteorologist, wrote in his blog. "Use light rail if you are in Seattle".

In Tualatin, Ore., resident Autumn Sang was mobbed during a visit to a grocery store to stock up on supplies. "I think that Portlanders, majority are city people and they come from a lot of different places, so they're not so used to it".