WASHINGTON — A strong burst of wind coming into the south Washington coast will continue to spread inland through Saturday evening into early Saturday night. Wind gusts have topped 70mph at the beaches of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties, though the wind speeds will not be as strong as they move inland through 11 p.m. Saturday night.
Still, wind gusts of 40-55 mph can be expected around the interior of Western Washington, including the Puget Sound region with winds subsiding in most locations after midnight. Since leaves remain on trees in many locations, the wind will have a greater impact – leading to some sporadic power outages.
Across the north, strong westerly winds down the Strait of Juan de Fuca will keep winds in the 40-55 mph range in higher gusts along Whidbey Island and surrounding locations through about 2-4 a.m.
At the passes, snowfall will continue at times at Stevens Pass and during the day Sunday into Sunday night, there will be some snow at times at Snoqualmie Pass. Snowfall will continue to present travel issues at Stevens Pass though at Snoqualmie Pass, a few inches of wet snow might not present too many problems. However, travel conditions in the mountains can change quickly. Check WSDOT pass travel conditions before you head across the mountain passes.
By daybreak Sunday morning, winds will have calmed down significantly, though some rain showers will still pass along with sunbreaks.
Highs in the lowlands this weekend will be in the lower to mid 50s, some of the coolest temperatures for highs of the season!
We could have isolated rain showers Monday but a bit of a break, then some rainy weather continues through the week with some periods of snow or rain/snow at the passes. No weather feature next week looks significant at this time, but we are in an overall very active October weather pattern so we will be on watch for anything that crops up. Highs next week will be in the 50s in the lowlands.
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