Happy Friday! No big surprise this morning, it’s cloudy. We have widespread low clouds with plenty of marine moisture in place and there is a very weak system offshore that will move through. Most of the front will just produce cloud cover, but a few sprinkles are possible especially with the marine layer in place. Most of the system should be east of the Cascades late this afternoon, with clearing following. We should see at least partly cloudy conditions with temps in the mid-60s.
Tomorrow will be cloudy in the morning with low clouds clearing by about midday. However, high clouds will increase, limiting our sunshine and our temps. We’ll stay in the upper-60s and lower-70s.
Another really weak wave will move in during the day on Mother’s Day. We’ve been monitoring the chances for clouds and any showers very closely for Mother’s Day all week. I’ve been seeing more clouds in the forecast and that trend continues, but it does look mainly dry. We can’t totally rule out a few sprinkles over the Olympic Peninsula or the Coast and the Mountains, but the rest of the area looks mainly dry. We will be mostly cloudy with temps in the mid-60s.
Early next week looks dry and pleasantly warm with 60s to low 70s around the Sound.
The next rain chance looks to come later next week as forecast models point to the potential for a broad trough of low pressure across the Northwest, which could bring cooler temperatures and rain chances.
Year-to-date, the Seattle area is running just about a half inch below normal rainfall. However, while March was a very wet month, there were fewer overall days with rainfall in April. Also, the wetter March in many parts of the state allowed grasses to grow faster and thicker than they might otherwise be for this time of year. Now that those fuels are dried, they’re becoming increasingly ripe to catch fire.
The outlook for rainfall through next Wednesday is for next to no chance for rain.
Until then, enjoy the warmth, but keep an eye out for wildfire!
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