October 29, 2024

Unsettled Hallo-week Continues

Last updated 12:35 PM, Tuesday, October 29th, 2024

By Addy Curp, Kyra Schlezinger, and Annabelle Tjio

Happy Tuesday, Huskies!

You can definitely feel the chill in the air as temperatures around the Seattle metro area hover around 50 degrees. Today’s high in the U-District will only reach the low 50s, a couple degrees lower than our average high of 56. The low tonight will be in the average range of the low-to-mid 40s, a little cooler than last night’s low of 48. It seems like the showers following Sunday’s front have been very stubborn, with lingering precipitation continuing through this morning. Things should dry out this afternoon, but not for long, as another frontal system will reach Seattle by this time tomorrow.

It looks like the next 48 hours are going to be wet ones. A warm front and cold front are meeting over the Pacific to form an occluded front, a perfect recipe for storm conditions. Bands of rain out in front of the main system will reach us early Wednesday morning. The rest of the storm will follow continuing through Wednesday afternoon. This system will bring strong gusts through the area but thanks to Western Washington’s topography the highest winds will be concentrated north of Seattle.

Although we have been a little behind on the snow levels in the mountain passes for this time of year, it looks like we will get to see a bit drop during this week! Note that the radar below shows the amount of snow that will fall by Sunday, not the amount of snow we will be getting on Sunday in the passes. Stevens Pass could get up to around 5-6 inches of snowfall at altitude of 4000 feet as the snow will reach about a range of 3000-4000 feet from Wednesday to Thursday. Lower altitudes such as Snoqualmie at 3000 ft will see more of a trace amount of snow. Still, there will be snow and that’s always exciting to hear.

Be sure to keep that rain jacket handy. With temperatures struggling to break 50 tomorrow, it might be time to start bringing out your wintry rain jacket situation, whatever that may be.

 

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