Weather forecast today is looking good. This morning there will be some spots of patchy fog and low clouds and drizzle in a few places. The fog and clouds should lift by mid day and expect a high in the lower 60’s. Average high this time of year is 59, so enjoy a nice afternoon.
On Wednesday, a weak front will cross the area late day and scare up a few showers. Winds will come up a bit tomorrow as the front goes by. Rainfall totals won’t be more than a tenth of an inch in the lowlands with highs in Seattle still managing to reach around 60. Wind gusts in the 20-30mph in the afternoon.
Attention will then turn to a wet and windy front for the end of the week. Forecast computer models are still not in agreement about how fast the front will move in, and how long wet weather will last. But it appears heaviest rain Thursday and Thursday night would primarily affect the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island before moving southeast on Friday. Then rain showers would continue into the weekend. Where the narrow heavy rain band sets up, we could see some very heavy rain and breezes in the 25-35 mph range, though the greatest impact looks more likely nearer the coast.
So, given considerable uncertainty, we’ll just keep a mention of breezy conditions with rain Friday and into Saturday. Once the front passes Saturday, snow levels will fall to below 4,500 feet by Sunday morning and to 3,500 feet by Sunday night. This could send some snow flying even closer to Snoqualmie Pass late in the weekend into next Monday.
The forecast will continue to be refined as we get closer to the weekend and rainfall totals and wind gust potential come in to better focus. But now we’re in the back half of October, we’re entering our “stormy” time of year in the Northwest!
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