Expect another round of fog developing late tonight, starting in areas south of Puget Sound and then creeping north a bit by morning, possibly to parts of South King County. Also, it’ll get foggy along the Strait, around Port Townsend and in the Arlington/Smokey Point areas.
In areas mainly south of Puget Sound, temperatures will be just below freezing in the morning so less well-traveled bridges and overpasses might have some frost or slick spots. The impacts should be minimal and pretty isolated to those areas because most other locations will have easterly winds that will keep fog from forming. However, some frost will be seen on grassy surfaces and car windshields, but should not be a problem with travel for most locations.
For areas outside of spots south of Puget Sound and near the Cascades, morning lows will be just a touch above freezing.
New Year’s Eve will be nice with some sun and clouds except staying mostly cloudy and a little foggy into the afternoon in Lewis and parts of Thurston counties. Highs will be in the 40s. Temperatures at midnight will mainly be in the mid to upper 30s with partly to mainly cloudy skies and light winds.
Rain chances return later on Thursday evening and on Friday, we’ll have areas of light rain with highs back close to 50s. Higher mountain slopes will get a few inches of snow. Weather systems moving in over the weekend will bring some areas of rain and mountain snow, and it could get breezy. In addition by late week or the weekend, some minor coastal flooding problems could appear again with another round of high astronomical tides.
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