Soaking rain, blustery weather returning to Seattle

Seattle weather: soggy blustery day

FOX 13 Meteorologist Abby Acone has your seven-day forecast.

SEATTLE - An atmospheric river is taking aim at western Washington, blasting drenching rain to parts of the region today through Monday.

Highs this afternoon will reach the mid 50s for most backyards in the region. You can expect dark, cloudy skies and times of soaking rain.

Cloudy skies, wet weather and highs in the mid 50s are on the way for Seattle on Sunday.

Temperatures will hover around average, reaching the mid 50s in Seattle on Sunday afternoon. (FOX 13 Seattle)

The North Coast, Northwest Interior, Olympics and Central and North Cascades will experience the heaviest rain today through Monday.

It'll be blustery today. In some isolated cases, gusts could reach upwards of 40 mph; however, this will likely be the exception rather than the rule. For the most part, winds won’t be strong enough to warrant any official alerts like Wind Advisories.

Due to the incoming rain combined with melting snow over the mountains, local rivers will be rising. There’s a Flood Watch for Clallam County because the Bogachiel River could reach minor river flooding by Monday.

A Flood Warning is posted for the Skokomish River in Mason County. There, moderate flooding is expected. Rivers in Skagit, Snohomish and King Counties will also rise. Some of these waterways could approach minor flood stage. Just how much the water increases depends on where the strongest bands of rain develop.

Our FOX 13 weather team will closely watch river levels on Sunday (which could approach minor flood stage in some areas).

Heavy rain could contribute to rising river levels around Western Washington on Sunday. (FOX 13 Seattle)

Earlier this morning, snow blanketed Mount Baker and Stevens Pass. Snow levels will be elevating to 7,500 feet later today. Due to these rapidly-changing conditions, an Avalanche Warning is posted for the Cascades. Avoid doing any skiing or snowboarding in the backcountry of the mountains. Under these conditions, avalanches could bury, injure or kill someone.

On Monday, the atmospheric river will continue spreading rain through places like the North Coast, the San Juans, Bellingham and the North Cascades. Elsewhere, only isolated showers are forecast tomorrow. River levels will stay elevated.

Drier and sunnier weather will make an appearance in Seattle on Tuesday.

Temperatures will rebound to the upper 60s on Tuesday in Seattle. (FOX 13 Seattle)

On Tuesday, the weather dries out altogether. The morning may be cloudy and murky, but the afternoon should be partly sunny with highs almost reaching 70 in Seattle! Some of the outlying communities could easily see their first 70 degree day of the year.

As an area of low pressure approaches Western Washington on Wednesday, there might be enough instability in the atmosphere to trigger scattered thunderstorms. Storms could be slightly stronger than usual. Stay tuned as we monitor this part of the forecast carefully!

For the Mariners home opener, it might be cloudy, wet and breezy. We’ll track it closely.

Showers and cooler weather linger into Friday and Saturday. Snow levels will drop to the elevation of Stevens and Snoqualmie Passes.

Rainy weather will sweep through Seattle on Sunday: temperatures will warm to almost 70 degrees then on Tuesday.

Buckle up for a roller coaster of weather in Seattle this week: we'll go from soaking rain on Sunday to highs almost reaching 70 on Tuesday! (FOX 13 Seattle)

That’s a look at your forecast! Stick with the FOX 13 weather team as we keep a close watch on this dynamic, evolving outlook.

Warmly,

Meteorologist Abby Acone

The Source: Information for this article comes from the FOX 13 weather team.