December 6, 2024
Wet Weekend; Foggy Finals
Last updated 11:12 AM, Friday, December 6th, 2024
By: Jake Stevenson, Gavin Clark, Gaby Castronover, Sam Pham
Hey Huskies! Happy Friday of dead week!
We have one more day of relatively calm weather before we begin to bring back rain into the forecast (haven’t heard of her in a while!). High temperatures today will hover in the upper 40s to low 50s with mostly cloudy skies. Some areas along the coast today will already begin to see showers, but we will remain drier inland until the early morning hours of Saturday.
The start to finals week will be fittingly marked by dreary rain brought in by fronts pushing inland. Even some of the higher altitudes will see rain rather than snow, though there may be some snow in certain areas, too. This rain brings with it a hydrologic outlook for Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, and Mason counties which means potential flooding along rivers caused by heavy precipitation. Be careful if you’re traveling over the weekend, whether that be because you’re one of the lucky ones who’s done with finals already or because you’re headed home for the weekend!
Following the weekend fronts, we’re going to see some ridging forming come Monday morning. This’ll give us a nice break from the precipitation. We’re also expecting some fog to roll in on Monday so be cautious if you’re commuting to campus that day. After Monday morning, sunny skies will come back to greet us for finals week. Of course the sun will also be accompanied by some clouds– we can’t be that lucky! If you’re looking for a place to stay dry over the weekend, we at the Dawgcast suggest the library where you should be studying for exams! Then once we are finished with finals we can cruise on into the break with some warm winter sunshine!
While many of you live in and around Western Washington for the folks going home to far flung corners of the country, and globe, our extended climatological outlook will give insight into what’s in store while you’re gone. Although we are expecting to have a La Nina winter, few of those conditions will be present in the state over the course of the break, with warmer than average temperatures prevailing through the next 4 weeks; a sad sign for close to home snow lovers. Along with the warmth, wetter than average conditions are also to be expected as long range upper air forecasts have multiple rounds of storm systems moving through western washington over the next few weeks.
Best of Luck on your finals Huskies! And have a very happy extended Holiday break this year!
Reach forecasters Jake Stevenson, Gavin Clark, Gaby Castronover, Sam Pham at uwdawgcast@uw.edu, on X/Twitter @TheUWDawgcast, or on Instagram @uwdawgcast.
