WASHINGTON — SEATTLE FORECAST
Morning Low: 50
Afternoon High: 59
There is some rain around early Saturday morning but as an area of low pressure along the atmospheric river pushing through the region spins up, some heavy rain and gusty wind are on the way.
By daybreak Saturday, heavy rain will have once again overspread the area from southwest to northeast.
Another Pinpoint Alert Day Saturday has been called for morning rain and a rather windy day for many locations.
A period of stronger winds with gusts in the 35-45mph range is likely on Saturday morning until mid-Saturday afternoon with a compact area of low pressure moving onshore.
This does not look as strong as the winds we saw last Saturday, though there could be some minor impacts. We are also in a better position for wind gusts like this (were they to occur) because the strong winds last weekend removed some leaves and also weaker branches and trees.
Interestingly, some of our usual “windy” spots along the north coast and north of Everett won’t likely see strong winds as the center of the compact windy storm Saturday moves across the southern part of the area.
Make sure to keep devices charged in case you lose power Saturday morning and early afternoon. Winds will quickly subside late in the afternoon.
Following the end of the heavier rain Saturday afternoon, a Puget Sound convergence zone will set up for some lingering showers in the central and north Sound.
Also, snow levels, which have been above 7,000 feet with the atmospheric river, will fall to 3,500 to 4,000 feet late Saturday into Sunday so there could be a few inches of high pass snow.
The rainfall totals through Saturday will be in the 1-2″ range around most of the lowlands except a little heavier at the coast and north. Rainfall amounts of 2-5 inches will hit the mountains. This will spike rivers higher by late Saturday into Sunday. Right now, the Skokomish River in Mason County could hit minor flood stage for the first time this season and the Snoqualmie River at Carnation is presently forecast to hit minor flood stage very briefly Saturday night. River levels like this have little impact other than force some rural roads in flood plains to be temporarily closed.
Sunday will be drier with a few isolated showers at times and some sunshine. This will be the best time of the weekend to get outside with highs in the 50s.
Very active weather continues next week as we are locked into a stormy weather pattern for at least the first ten days of November. We will watch for potentially another wet and windy time Tuesday or Wednesday and again late in the week into next weekend though details and timing are still uncertain.
Bottom line: there looks to be no big break in the wet weather anytime soon.
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