Seattle, WA
Seattle weather: Mountain snow, spotty lowland flurries possible
The rain and snow involves an finish after the weekend
FOX 13 Meteorologist Abby Acone has your week’s forecast.
We’re monitoring a number of inches of mountain snow in a single day, however heavier snow sweeps via the upper elevations by Friday afternoon. Within the lowlands, there may very well be spots of snow mixing with rain at instances the following two days.
Within the brief time period, we’re forecasting snowy and icy roads over the passes into early Friday. Elsewhere, we anticipate a number of showers within the lowlands. In some showers, there could also be “chunky rain” – an affectionate nickname round these elements for a rain/snow combine.
We’ll must particularly watch Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties (together with communities alongside and south of Olympia) for this wintry combine in a single day. Even if snow falls nearer to sea stage with spotty showers into early Friday, accumulations are unlikely underneath 1,000 toes. A few hint to an inch or snow may keep on with the Cascade foothills by Friday morning. Lows tumble to the mid-30s for many locations alongside the I-5 hall.
Friday begins with remoted showers, however heavier lowland rain and mountain snow push into Western Washington by the afternoon. This is a have a look at Futurecast:
Highs will keep below-average all week, and that features Friday. Put on heat and waterproof layers!
Friday afternoon to Saturday, we’re forecasting round a foot of latest snow for the passes. Touring may very well be tough over the mountain highways.
It will even be breezy and domestically windy Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. I feel gusts will usually vary from 10-25 mph for many in Puget Sound. Nevertheless, gusts of 30-40 mph are a chance for the Strait and the coast. Stick with us for updates!
Friday night time into Saturday morning, precipitation will principally be rain within the lowlands. Nevertheless, there may very well be snow mixing with rain within the decrease elevations as soon as once more. There’s an opportunity for accumulating snow over the Hood Canal and elements of the Kitsap Peninsula Saturday morning, however there’s nonetheless uncertainty about what to anticipate. For a lot of backyards, we’ll simply have rain within the lowlands. Keep on with us for extra.
This is a have a look at our seven-day forecast!
Warmly,
Meteorologist Abby Acone
Observe me on Twitter @abbyacone, Instagram @abbyaconewx, TikTok @abbyaconetv and Fb (Meteorologist Abby Acone)