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BY: WEATHER.COMWinter Storm Echo will lay down a blanket of heavy snow across much of the West and parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest over the next several days as it helps to usher in a colder weather regime across the western half of the United States.
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This storm is wrapping up a siege of Pacific storms on the West Coast that has lasted longer than a week, thanks in part to an active jet stream pattern.
It will also follow in the footsteps of a separate, vigorous storm system that spawned tornadoes in Texas this weekend, in addition to producing some wet snow in parts of the Rockies and Plains.
