there's big weather in all of those places right now. it's snowing hard in kennewick (aunt donna says 'snow day tomorrow?'). there are threats of snow here in western washington (mom says 'what? no snow day tomorrow?). there are storms brewing in so cal.
it's fun to watch the weather from where we live. we've got big windows that look onto a golf course...and the course shows all the weather.
here's the weather map from right around noon today: