SEATTLE — Western Washington is seeing another round of “weather whiplash” as snow levels plunge behind a powerful windstorm, according to KOMO News Meteorologist Shannon O’Donnell.

Blizzard and winter storm warnings are in place in northern Minnesota, where a strong clipper system could drop more than a foot of snow starting late Thursday afternoon.

Strong winds are expected to persist in much of the Midwest and East into Monday, with power outages possible, especially near the