SEATTLE — Moderate to heavy rain fell Friday morning from Olympia to San Juan and Skagit counties. By 8 a.m., it was windy in the Cascade Foothills at the end of the peak.
Wind gusts in Greenwater and Enumclaw were 42 mph with North Bend recording 15 to 30+ mph wind gusts.
Bellingham had 25 mph wind gusts, but the rest of the area did not.
The strongest winds in the Cascade Foothills blew in between 5-8 a.m.; however, winds quickly fell off afterward.
A Wind Advisory was in effect until 10 a.m. Wind gusts were between 25-35 mph in Bellingham, Covington-Sawyer-Wilderness, Maple Valley, Monroe, Prairie Ridge, Enumclaw, Bonney Lake, Woodinville, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Kenmore, Newport Hills, Sahalee and Pine Lake.
Mountain snow was above Snoqualmie Pass moving south to north. This tapered into showers late Friday morning, but drivers expected standing water and wet roads earlier that day.
As the strong low moves past our coast, strong winds rose from the south by mid-morning Friday and will persist into the early evening.
Elsewhere, including around the cities of Puget Sound, southerly winds will gust into the 30-40 mph. This could cause sporadic power outages outside of the formerly affected areas.
There could be an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon on Friday.
Winds calm down Friday night and over the weekend. The Seattle area will have showers and sun breaks on Saturday and a little more substantial rainfall on Sunday, but no significant wind.
The area will also be drier Saturday morning with increasing afternoon showers and spotty showers lingering into Sunday.
Precipitation chances persist into the 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.