It’s the holiday season and many families will have loved ones flying into town from all areas of the country for the next few weeks. The rain will not escape this holiday season without seeing some family either as the sun will make an appearance at the end of this work week.
For tonight, the sun will be stuck on his slow flight as showers will stick around. Lows tonight will drop into the mid 30s with some outlying areas, along the Hood Canal and up in Bellingham, seeing close to freezing temperatures.
Thursday begins with scattered showers that move out by the afternoon and we’ll be left with some partly cloudy skies and sun-breaks at times. The Sun will have landed at the airport by now. Highs will top out in the low to mid 40s, about normal for this time of year.
For Friday, the sun will have arrived to the holiday party and we will see partly sunny skies again. Highs will climb to the mid 40s. Gusty winds will begin along the foothills Friday and this could be the real story to think about coming up on the weekend. A strong low out in the pacific will continue to spin off our coast creating a strong pressure gradient between Eastern and Western Washington. Air tends to flow from higher pressure to lower so with that low spinning off the coast, we will get some strong winds coming through the Cascades beginning Friday afternoon into Saturday. Tough to say at this moment but model runs now point at 20-30mph winds with gusts to 30-45mph. We will be keeping an eye out for the wind potential.
Another disturbance will come through Friday night, meaning the sun will have to take an early flight home as the rain will return for the weekend. A shower chance remains Saturday through Sunday.
Happy Holidays!
Aaron Hill
KOMO Weather Intern
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