Well, hey there, everyone.
Happy Monday afternoon, KING5.
Meteorologist Adam Claybon here to go
over a few things that we're expecting
here as we go throughout the week.
I got a little something for everyone.
We got snow, which is going to be the
big thing that we're talking about.
We have some areas that are going to be
more feast and I wouldn't say famine,
but other areas that are not
going to see quite as much snow.
With our systems here early into the week,
we have quite a bit of rain on the way.
Thankfully no big win ahead.
But we do see some areas of sunshine.
I don't think we're going to
see a lot of them,
but for those of you who are
wanting to see some of that,
I think we'll at least get.
A few sun breaks as we go on here
over the next 5 days stretch.
First let's talk about the
clouds that are out there,
and maybe even a few of those raindrops too.
First stop right here in Tacoma,
plenty of clouds off into the distance.
You can see some of those showers
that are now beginning to enter the
picture there in every a lot of
cloudy skies going to be off and on
showers as we go throughout the day.
And then one last S,
which is actually a bit more wet
out here along the coast Westport.
You can see a little bit of
wave action right now.
Again, the wave action should be too high.
We're not expecting any
sort of really strong.
With this,
but this is our system coming
in that's gonna bring in the
additional rain plus we're going
to have to deal with some pretty
heavy snow for the mountains as we
go over the next 24 to 48 hours.
So as we continue on,
let's talk about what
we're expecting with this.
We do have some areas of rain that
are kind of come in and eventually
once that rain hits the higher
elevations where snow levels
are around 3000 to 2500 feet,
we're going to get a nice dumping of
snow at some of the ski resorts there.
Snow levels come down to about
1500 feet Wednesday and Thursday.
They climb back up later into the week.
Relatively low here throughout
the entire week.
So anything that does fall
even for Snoqualmie Pass,
we're talking about that remaining
generally in the form of snow as we
have these systems moving through
here throughout this relatively
active week that is ahead.
Now let's take a look at the radar.
You can see some areas of rain
now already moving through.
Now there are some areas that are
currently pretty dry because of the
rain shadowing from the Olympics
and that will include areas pretty
much north of Tacoma as you get
up around Federal Way Seattle,
up there around Everett and even
as high as it looks like.
Most of the Skagit County staying
dry with more those
showers up into Whatcom County.
But as we zoom on in you can see some areas
of rain that are starting to move along I-5.
If you're driving up or down there from
Olympia all the way down to Portland,
you're gonna have to deal with the showers
here as we go throughout Monday afternoon,
zooming in in particular here
across areas of Mason County.
And that's we're going to keep an eye
out for the possibility of some flooding.
And we're not expecting
anything major with this,
but we're talking about if you're living
by any sort of body of water like a river,
a stream or a Creek.
Keep an eye out for some of those
water levels to start to rise a
little bit here over the next 24
hours as this heavy rain starts to
move on through and we get some of
that runoff here from the Olympics.
That will be an an area we keep
an eye on for.
But the systems that are coming in
first one stronger second one right
behind that keeps things active as we
go into the middle part of the week.
But we do start to see some sun breaks
with that as high pressure probably
going to remain South of us here as we
go throughout the next 5 days stretch.
So back to the winter weather,
we have winter storm watches that are
out for the Cascades at those will be.
For elevations above 3000 feet
and you can see the wide range of
snow that we're expecting.
Again feast for those of us who can possibly
get up to 30 inches and not famine per se,
but six inches,
1/2 a foot of snow should be good
still for some of those ski resorts.
But it's going to be,
it's really dependent on where
those Snow Man's do sit up here
as the system does come in that
starts up at 4:00 AM tomorrow,
will last until 10:00 AM
on into Wednesday morning.
And then with some of the heavier
rain and more consistent rain
here across Madison County,
we're keeping an eye out.
For flood watches that will start up at
7:00 AM tomorrow morning that will last
until 11:00 AM heading into Wednesday.
In those areas that you want to keep
an eye out for areas closer to rivers,
streams or creeks.
And if you are in more of a flood prone area,
I would also say keep an eye out
for things as we go throughout
those times for the Today.
Looks like we'll keep those
showers kind of off and on.
Generally I think pretty dry here in Seattle.
Better chances coming in later
tonight and on into Tuesday.
So putting that into motion,
you can see this afternoon all the way
through about 6:00 o'clock showers.
Kind of here and there.
There's the main band of rain
starting to come on to the coast
by about 6:00 or 7:00 or 8:00
o'clock tonight and that will try
to stream on fruit through as we
go on into early tomorrow morning.
That some pockets of shadowing because of
that with the rain hitting the Olympics.
You can see up there around Discovery
Bay again, Whitby and Camano Islands.
Not seeing quite as much rain with this,
but we'll get the rain to come down
quite heavily across the coast also
across areas of South Sound too,
and maybe a little more up across areas near.
Bellingham and Blaine we'll go on into
later Tuesday morning 11:00 o'clock
still seeing this rain moving on by
good dosing of rain with that and
then that will start to move on out
of here later into Tuesday evening,
Tuesday night as things start to quiet
up down and you can see still that
band that will continue on into the
evening that will be our convergence
zone that could help to pile up some of
that snow up there around Stevens Pass.
So if you got any plans to go up
that way here later into the week,
I think you might be pleasantly
surprised by the amount of snow
that we get up around Stevens Pass.
We'll continue on into Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morning.
You can see a lot of the moisture
starting to fade,
but we still have something around,
so we're gonna keep things out fairly
active into the earlier part of Wednesday.
Then we go into Wednesday afternoon,
not only starting to see the rain move
on out of here in the mountain snow,
but also starting to see a few
breaks in the clouds.
So getting some sun breaks
there into the afternoon,
and then we'll turn cloudy again with our
next system coming in later on into the week.
Now as far as the rainfall,
it's going to be heavy out along the coasts,
an inch and 1/2,
maybe 2 1/2 inches.
Pretty heavy there and heading
to the Olympics.
Then you go down around Shelton where we have
the flood watches that are in effect there.
For Mason County,
we could pick up anywhere between an inch to
maybe an inch and 2/3 around South Sound.
Higher amounts expected there,
closer to 1/2 an inch to an inch.
And then you go farther N here across Puget
Sound where we can see about 1/2 an inch,
maybe inch in some spots depending
on where those bands set up.
With lesser amounts up there around Camano
and Whidbey Island and then up around
Bellingham picking up a little more,
around 1/2 an inch to 3/4 of an inch.
And here we go,
the snow amounts.
We're expecting those to be around
maybe 10 inches for Crystal Mountain
and Snoqualmie Pass moisture kind of
cut off there because of the Olympics
with some of that shadowing happening.
But as you go South of there wide
pass a couple of feet there,
Stevens Pass getting close to
a couple of feet as
well. As for Hurricane Ridge and Mount Baker,
salary your higher spots if you
are looking for some of the really,
really deep snow later on into the week.
Today's forecast highs in
the upper 40s to low 50s,
showers off and on farther to the North's
chances of rain not going to be quite
as high during the daytime hours here
across parts such as Lynnwood Redmond.
Issaquah up to 49,
Bremerton heading 48 degrees for a high,
but the farther S you go,
the better chance of rain.
You will see around Tacoma,
down through Lakewood,
Lacey and eventually over towards
Olympia and certainly for Shelton.
And we can see the same out there
for the coast and rain chances
picking up a lot more heading into
this evening and for tonight.
But the most high chance that we're going
to see here as we go throughout this
upcoming week really is going to be,
I think on Tuesday.
Then we'll get a little bit of a chance
also as we head into Friday again with
some more widespread rain started to make.
Let's wait in here.
So as I promise,
we have something for everyone.
We have the rain that's
going to be coming through.
If you are a big fan of that,
some of the gloomy weather,
plus we have a good amount of snow which
is going to be coming down in the feet,
possibly across some of our ski resorts.
Stevens Pass,
I would say keep an eye out there as
well As for White Pass to Mount Baker
is going to be getting in closer
to a couple of feet as well with
those of us wanting to see sunshine.
It's going to be around,
but it will be more spotty in nature.
Take care.
Have a marvelous Monday.
We'll talk to you later.
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