21.   From the air, you can see that Big Basin is set in a large bowl on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

22.   Heavy snow showers will persist along the western slopes of the northern and central Rockies.

23.   Hipke said the dry-brush terrain on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains was different from the wooded areas where he was used to fighting fires.

24.   Hundreds of acres of cabernet, merlot, chardonnay and gewurzstraminer are thriving on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

25.   In the wake of the low, clouds will linger over most of the Ohio Valley and near the western slopes of the southern Appalachians.

26.   Intermittent mountain snow will fall on many peaks from the Cascades and Sierra to the western slopes of the northern Rockies.

27.   Most of the West will be dry, but a few showers will linger near the western slopes of the central Rockies.

28.   Moist air directed inland by the storm will be forced to ascend the mountains, promoting heavier rain along the western slopes of the northern Sierra and southern Cascades.

29.   Nevertheless, clouds and a few light showers will linger, especially near the western slopes of the Appalachians.

30.   Potent disturbances imbedded in the jet stream will bring repeated rain and mountain snow from the West Coast to the western slopes of the Rockies.