May 21, 2024

Juneuary Come Early?

Last updated 1:00 PM, Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

By Haley Furutani and Jake Stevenson

Happy Tuesday, Huskies! We are in the home stretch as we march through our week 9. Despite today’s dreary weather we hope that your week is going well and you’re enjoying the last days of freedom before spring study season begins. High temperatures for today will only top out in the low to mid-50s, nearly 15 degrees cooler than the normal temperatures for the heart of May. Our low temperatures will be dipping down into the mid-40s tonight. So be sure to keep blankets at the ready as tonight might be a bit chilly, especially for those of you who have had the heat shut off for some time now.

The wet weather isn’t going anywhere for the remainder of today as a troughing pattern will continue to deliver showers through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. The commute home should be especially soggy across Western Washington with the aforementioned steady rain continuing to pelt the region. Overnight the showers will turn spotty as we head into the middle of the workweek, with heavier bands of rain staying out off the coast on the windward side of the Olympics.

Along with the November-like Downpours, we can expect to see gusty winds clocking in at 15-20 mph in the Puget lowlands and 20-25 mph in the Kitsap Peninsula. Today, though, will not be the last of the winds as gust fronts continue to whistle their way through the region over the next couple of days. Below you can see the colorful wind map showing how wind gusts eddy around the Puget sound almost like a Van Gogh painting, is The Starry Night in the room with us?

Over the next couple of days we will see some degree of warming as temperatures climb back up into the high 50s and low 60s with even the potential for a mid-60s day on Thursday. But a return to dry conditions like we saw a week ago will elude us as chances for showers linger on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and even slightly on Sunday. This weekend is still far out enough that there is some disagreement between our local WRF model and national scale models such as the EURO or GFS, but the 5-7 day trend of cooler than average temps and damp conditions is almost certain. It’s almost as if “June-uary” came two weeks in advance.

Stay dry Huskies! and good luck on any final presentations or essays you’ve definitely started working on. Have a great rest of your week!

Reach forecasters Haley Furutani and Jake Stevenson at theuwdawgcast@gmail, on X/Twitter @TheUWDawgcast, or on Instagram @uwdawgcast.