FastCast-Tuesday, Oct. 12 to Monday, Oct. 18:
After the coldest morning of the season so far, a rainy pattern will dominate Western Washington for the remainder of the week. Expect the most rain to fall on Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible on Wednesday and Thursday, then more significant rain is expected from Friday to Sunday, with the most rain on Saturday. Expect totals by Sunday night to be in the 0.75-1.5 inch range. Conditions dry out by next Monday. Expect highs in the mid 50s to low 60s, and lows in the 40s.
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A rainy rest of the week is ahead for Western Washington. Let's start with precipitation through 5 AM Friday from the UW model.
Expect 0.3-0.5 inches in the Puget Sound area (isolated higher totals), up to 0.75" north of Arlington, and up to 2 inches on the North Coast and in the mountains.
Additionally, with colder than average temperatures, mountain snow is expected. Below is the UW snowfall forecast through 5 AM Friday. (Remember this is snowfall not how much snow stays on the ground).
Expect 2-8 inches at the mountain passes (most at Stevens Pass), and up to 12 inches in the higher elevations.
Did you feel like Tuesday was cold? It sure was! Take a look at this tweet from NWS Seattle with some stats regarding Tuesday's temperatures.
Brrr! Some locations around the area dipped as low as the upper 20s overnight! Below are Tuesday morning's low temperatures.
Besides locations near the water and in urban areas, lows of 28-34 degrees were commonplace. Many of you observed the first frost of the season this morning!
Good news...it won't be this cold for awhile in the Puget Sound area. The Weather Underground forecast for Federal Way is below.
Expect highs in the mid 50s to low 60s and lows in the 40s. There's a chance of rain each day through Sunday, with the least rain on Wednesday and Thursday and the most on Tuesday night, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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