61.   Meanwhile, a Pacific front will bring windswept rain to the Northwest coast.

62.   Meteorologists expect the global climate pattern known as El Nino to keep bringing heavy rains in coming months.

63.   Modern-day kachinas, male dancers representing such deities, arrive periodically in the villages wearing masks and costumes to bring rain, or celebrate the harvest.

64.   Moisture streaming eastward from a large disturbance just off the California coast will bring heavy rain to northern California and showers to the Central Valley and western Oregon.

65.   Most of the West will be dry and mild, although a Pacific frontal system will bring rain to the Northwest Coast.

66.   Monday, a weaker low center and its attendant cold front will approach the Northwest coast, bringing windswept rain to coastal Washington and Oregon.

67.   Numerous showers will bring cooling rain to parts of the southern Rockies.

68.   Occasionally, moisture from tropical systems is steered into Mexico and the southwestern United States, as happened last week when Hurricane Juliette brought heavy rain to Baja California.

69.   On Tuesday a sluggish low caught in the stagnant clutches of a Canadian blocking high will bring heavy rain to parts of the Northeast.

70.   Overnight, snow and sleet will accumulate several inches in the interior while mild ocean air will bring some rain to the coast.