Widespread showers have moved into the region this evening following a fairly quiet and unseasonably warm Sunday.
The system that has pushed this latest round of showers into the area struggled to push rain to the surface due to the dry air and warm easterly winds.
Only in the last hour or so has light rain started to fall just south of and around Seattle. Showers remain light and will turn more scattered into tomorrow morning.
For morning commuters, you can expect a mostly cloudy start to the day. Winds that have tapered off tonight remain light tomorrow however there will be some gusty winds from the southwest averaging 25-30mph.
By Tuesday (and into Wednesday), this trough of low pressure moves into Oregon dragging showers down south with it. While stray showers remain in the forecast through mid-week, we are tracking much drier and significantly warmer temperatures by the end of this week and into next weekend.
With a ridge of high pressure building Friday and into the weekend, we are looking at highs in the upper 60s/lower 70s through the weekend, though that could change in the coming days.
We’ll keep an eye out for updates to the forecast models.