Active Weather Pattern Begins

Before we talk about the upcoming active weather pattern, I would like to draw your attention to Major Hurricane Eta. (Eta is the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet, used when the traditional name list for hurricanes is used up). 

At 8:30 PM Monday, Hurricane Eta has winds of 150 mph. It will make landfall in Nicaragua tomorrow with 160 mph winds (Category 5), 15-35 inches of rain, and 14-21 foot storm surge. Below is a satellite image of devastating Hurricane Eta from tropicaltidbits.com. 

Please keep those in Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala in your prayers, along with those in the Philippines (major recovery effort beginning).

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Now to Western Washington...November is wasting no time bringing active weather.

Between Tuesday and Friday, we will be impacted by multiple weather systems bringing 1-3 inches of rain and winds gusting 30-45 mph. 

The first weather system is moving onshore as this is written Monday night. Monday was a warm day across the region, with high temperatures of 60-70 degrees (below). Yes, you read that right.

One of our warmest November days in a couple years.

Below is the forecast precipitation from 4 AM Tuesday to 4 AM Wednesday from the UW model.

0.5-1.3" inches is a safe bet for this time period.

Later on Tuesday (by the afternoon) winds will slowly increase. Expect wind gusts of 20-30 mph on Tuesday.

Wednesday will be windier than Tuesday. Expect winds to increase through the day, peaking with gusts of 30-45 mph from 4 PM Wednesday to 7 AM Thursday.

Below is the Puyallup rain forecast from Weather Underground.

Tuesday and Thursday will be the rainiest days this week. Add up the totals...and we get 2.19 inches. Also notice that Tuesday and Wednesday will be quite mild, with highs in the 60s. 

Expect another breezy day (20-40 mph) on Thursday as well. Winds will be subsiding by this point. 

Clouds and spotty showers linger on Friday, before a big cooldown this weekend. Take a look at the weather.com forecast for Puyallup.

Below freezing temperatures likely on the weekend, then more rain in the forecast. Classic November in Western Washington!