Happy Thursday! We’re off to a calm start this morning with some frosty and chilly conditions in the South Sound and a few sprinkles and more clouds around the Central Sound. Low clouds and any remaining sprinkles will end and clear out, which means we will see a lot of sunshine today. Light north wind will help to scour out the low levels this afternoon. Expect clouds early and then sunshine this afternoon with highs easily making it to around seasonal levels in the upper-50s. Seattle has a forecast high today of 57°.
High pressure aloft continues to build into the region on Friday and Saturday bringing some much warmer temperatures and partly to mainly sunny skies after some patchy early morning fog (mainly on Friday.) Highs Friday will be in the mid-60s for Seattle with some upper 60s on Saturday. A few South Sound communities and points farther south could hit 70 degrees, especially on Saturday.
With the warm weather and tree pollen season in full swing, allergy sufferers will likely “feel” the high tree pollen levels into the weekend.
Sunday’s forecast is still a bit of a question mark when it comes to how soon rain showers could once again move back into the area. Clouds will certainly be on the increase on Sunday but high temperatures should still reach the 60s for many locations away from the coast before rain showers arrive. It’s still possible rain could hold off until Sunday evening and Sunday night -- something we’ll be watching to fine-tune the weekend forecast.
Expect rain at times Monday through Wednesday with highs back in the 50s along with some mountain snow, but there don’t appear to be any significant weather systems on the way. We could turn brighter and warmer again late next week.
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