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Seattle weather: Air quality improves for the first day of fall

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2 years ago

September 22, 2022

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Cooldown for the primary week of fall earlier than feeling extra like summer time subsequent week

FOX 13 forecaster Erin Mayovsky has the most recent situations in your week

SEATTLE – Regardless of poor air high quality across the area right now, highs on the final day of summer time warmed above common once more. Seattle (NWS Workplace on Sandpoint) hit 78 with Sea-Tac at 77.

As we welcome in fall, temperatures will cool to close regular at 70.

In a single day, skies fluctuate relying on the place you reside. The NW Coast, Strait, and Island into the North Sound will see clearer skies whereas the Central and South Sound are below partly to principally cloudy situations. Temperatures will cool into the low to mid 50s for many areas with higher 40s for the NW WA Coast and thru the Strait.

After a really smoky/hazy day with decreased air high quality into the “very unhealthy” to “hazardous” ranges, we’re lastly seeing some enchancment into the “average” zone.

We’ll proceed to maneuver in the appropriate course by means of tomorrow and into the weekend. By tomorrow afternoon/night, a lot of the smoke will push again east over the mountains.

Highs Thursday land close to common at 70. And by Friday, the primary full day of Fall, we drop into the higher 60s….someplace we’ve not been in fairly some time.

Friday additionally has a slight probability of some gentle showers over the Coast, the Olympics, and North Sound, near the Canadian border. Showers are very short-lived. By later within the afternoon, we begin to clear for a partly cloudy night.

Our first Fall sundown occurs at 7:09 p.m. and by September twenty sixth, we’ll see sunsets within the 6 p.m. hour.

The prolonged forecast appears to be like very good with above common highs over the weekend and into subsequent week. A few of us may heat into the higher 70s! Nice situations for all of the sports activities groups on the town this weekend into subsequent week.

Have an ideal remainder of the week all! ~Erin Mayovsky, FOX 13 Forecaster

Waiting for late subsequent week we’d have a shot at seeing just a few scattered showers to shut out the month of September.

Up to now we have solely seen 0.22″ within the bucket at SeaTac and that’s properly under common rain. Regular for the month of September is 1.61″… and by the best way, this summer time will go down because the driest on report based on the Nationwide Climate Service.