21.   Farther south, some strong thunderstorms with areas of torrential rain will develop from the eastern slopes of the central and southern Rockies to western Texas.

22.   For five days, the blaze had been creeping down from War Creek Ridge deep in the Okanogan National Forest on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains.

23.   Gary Barbato, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, said the potential for flooding on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada was high.

24.   In the wake of the front, it will be generally dry from the eastern slopes of the Rockies to the Northwestern states.

25.   In the West, clouds and scattered thundershowers will develop near the eastern slopes of the central Rockies.

26.   Intermittent snow and sleet will occur near the eastern slopes of the southern Appalachians.

27.   Meanwhile, blinding snow will fall from the eastern slopes of the central Appalachians to central New England.

28.   Meanwhile, strong winds careening down the eastern slopes of the Rockies will buffet some areas from southeast Wyoming to eastern New Mexico.

29.   Near-record heat will occur near the eastern slopes of the northern Rockies.

30.   On the eastern slope of the ride, many of the hard maples had dead branches mixed in with the live ones.