Happy Friday! It’s a PinPoint Alert day today with wind in the Cascade Foothills this morning and then increasing at the Coast and North during the day. Steady rain is moving through now but will taper off to showers pretty quickly. The strongest winds in the Foothills will likely be from around 5 a.m. To 8 a.m. with winds quickly falling off thereafter. A Wind Advisory is in effect. Gusts could be between 40-50 mph.
For the whole area, rain will turn to showers this morning with pockets of moderate to heavy rain at times. Mountain snow will be above Snoqualmie Pass moving south to north. This will taper to showers later in the morning, but early -day drivers can expect standing water and wet roads.
As the strong low moves past our coast, strong winds will rise from the south by mid-morning and persist into the early evening. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the coast and also around Bellingham for the chance for wind gusts to 50mph. Elsewhere, including around the cities of Puget Sound, southerly winds will gust into the 30-40mph range. This could cause sporadic power outages even outside of the formerly-affected areas.
There could be an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon as well.
Winds calm down Friday night and over the weekend we’ll have showers and sunbreaks on Saturday and a little more substantial rainfall on Sunday, but no significant wind.
We’ll see drier weather to start tomorrow morning with increasing afternoon showers and spotty showers lingering into Sunday.
Precipitation chances persist into early week with the chance for some calm and dry weather by Wednesday and Thanksgiving, though it is likely to be chilly with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s.
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