A looming fifth storm took a sharp turn to the south in the early hours Sunday morning and raced through the region, sparing most of Western Washington from strong winds.

Winds briefly gusted near 50 mph along the central coast and over 40 mph in Lewis County, but the brunt of the storm instead was focused on the northern Oregon coast and far southern Washington coast where winds gusted between 70-85 mph, causing downed trees and power outages.

About 11,000 people lost power in Pacific County, where Oysterville recorded gusts of 84 and 85 mph as the storm raced inland. Read more storm reports from the National Weather Service.

But around Puget Sound and points north, winds were just plain old gusty as the area ended up on the calmer, north side of the storm.

But while this storm's huff and puff was more like a cough and wheeze, it is still doing quite well in adding to the mountains' fresh coat of snow.

Overnight snow totals ranged from 8-16" across the mountain Saturday night and another 8-16" are possible during the day Sunday. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 1 p.m.

It even brought a little snow to the Hood Canal area as folks near Seabeck can attest to.