The Week Ahead - Turning Wet with Mountain Snow, and Maybe a Windstorm..?

It's been a chilly but at least sunny start to Sunday, however wet weather looks set to return this week.  With highs likely to run 5-8°F below normal for early November in Snoqualmie Valley, we should see chilly rains in the lowlands and mountain snow down to all pass levels.  

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Northerly flow should turn more onshore on Monday.  A cool showery pattern should be associated with an initial front late Monday into Tuesday.

Wednesday and possibly early Thursday should see some break from the rain, before a more significant system moves in later Thursday into Friday.  Some earlier model runs had a significant Low barreling through northern WA or southern BC, with the potential to set up a 12-15 mb pressure gradient between Portland and Seattle.  We'll keep an eye out!  This would be cause for major concern as far as potential for widespread damaging winds (50+ mph) and power outages to the Puget Sound area.  However, looking at longer range model runs this doesn't look like the odds-on bet (at least not yet) for ~Thursday-Friday.  More than likely the tail end of the workweek will just end up rainy and breezy, but something to keep a close eye on for sure.

For next weekend, a cool showery pattern looks to resume.

Get that winter gear ready!  Hopefully The Summit will be able to resume lift tickets here shortly..

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Most importantly, we need to give special thanks this week in honoring and thanking our military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces.

Have a great week!