Chances of rain return Thursday

Happy Thursday! Low clouds have moved into the area with pockets of sprinkles or drizzle, especially in the Central Sound. There is also a weak cold front offshore with increasing onshore wind. The front will increase some light rain around Seattle north starting later this morning and into the afternoon, with sprinkles or light showers possible areawide later today. Most of us will be more dry than wet, with just sprinkles here and there. The southwesterly wind will increase later today and be gusty to breezy and also will lead to a Convergence Zone for King and Snohomish Counties until tomorrow morning. It looks especially windy in Central Washington. With cloudy skies highs will be much cooler, falling down into the upper-50s and low to mid-60s.

There’s a chance of a mountain shower or a few light areas of rain in the North Sound on Friday morning but mainly a dry day with partly to mainly cloudy skies. Highs will be in the mid 60s in Seattle.

While we need more substantial rainfall, it appears now a stronger weather system will bring more rain to the mountains on Saturday and some passing showers in the lowlands. Rainfall amounts in the mountains could exceed on inch on the higher terrain, while in the lowlands, rainfall amounts of a few hundredths to a few tenths of an inch is possible – mainly favoring locations near the mountains, along the coast, and north of Everett. Highs will be in the 50s to low 60s.

We’ll be drier on Sunday and Monday with some clouds and sun, before better chances of rain come back around Tuesday and Wednesday.

It looks to continue to be cooler than average most days through Memorial Day, though it’s too early for a specific forecast for that holiday weekend.

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