Seattle weather: Rain & mountain snow this weekend with possible thunderstorms

Seattle – Rain and wind took over the lowlands with mountain snow selecting up within the excessive nation. Temperatures had been a lot cooler too with Seattle at 48.  

For many of us rain lets up in a single day, turning to only showers with temperatures cooling to close 40.  Winds will proceed to gust out of the southwest behind the entrance. 

Saturday options extra instability within the higher ambiance giving us an opportunity for thunderstorms firing up across the area. A few of these storm cells will drop heavy downpours of rain and potential hail/graupel.  

In any other case, we anticipate simply scattered lowland showers with mountain snow heavy at instances throughout the Cascades.  

This climate system will most probably ship a extremely respectable quantity of snow to refresh the slopes as soon as once more! It is the winter that retains on giving!  

A “Winter Storm Warning” stays in impact by 5 a.m. Sunday for 10–22 inches above 2,500ft. Winds may also gust as much as 40 mph, making for poor visibility at instances.  

Know the roads earlier than you go as cross journey shall be tough at instances. 

We’re additionally keeping track of the possibility for remoted thunderstorms into Sunday with chilly air aloft.  

Winds will proceed to gust 20-30 mph by Saturday night earlier than enjoyable some into Sunday. 

Highs this weekend are almost 10 levels cooler for a lot of communities. 

Showers will linger into Tuesday with a slight likelihood for a number of snowflakes mixing in early as snow ranges sit close to 400 toes. In any other case, we’ll pattern drier and hotter for a number of days earlier than the rain returns Friday. Highs will cruise into the mid to higher 50s! Take pleasure in! 

Have a fantastic weekend all!  ~Erin Mayovsky, FOX 13 Forecaster

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