Seattle weather: Wet, windy night ahead

Seattle Weather: High wind warning through Tuesday morning

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SEATTLE - We are tracking strong wind gusts and heavy rain across western Washington overnight into Tuesday morning. Some areas could wake up to power outages and downed trees.

What To Know:

Pockets of moderate-to-heavy rain could slow the early commute.
Traveling will become quite challenging over the mountains – particularly at Stevens and White Passes. There’s a small chance that snow will be accumulating at Snoqualmie Pass, too.
There’s an elevated risk of landslides around Western Washington and avalanches in the backcountry of the mountains.
Showers will gradually taper Tuesday afternoon – except for where a convergence zone is ongoing.
A Winter Storm Warning is posted for most of the Cascades above 4,000 feet in elevation. Upwards of one to two feet of snow could fall, depending on the location.
Between five and twelve inches of snow (or more) could fall along Snoqualmie Pass: totals there will depend on how quickly temperatures cool to the freezing mark tonight (if they cool that low at all).

Active night ahead with more wind and rain on the way overnight.

A strong low moves onshore, increasing the widespread rainfall. It may be heavy at times.

What's next:

Winds become rather widespread by 7 p.m., but gusts won’t peak for many in Puget Sound until between 10 p.m. today and 4 a.m. Tuesday. Winds will ease much more substantially by noon on Tuesday.
Some communities could wake up to power outages and downed trees. Greater impacts are expected in the South Sound and along the coast.
Should winds get as strong as we expect, there could be roads closed due to downed trees in addition to dark intersections with the power off.

A gusty night ahead with strong winds increasing by Monday evening.

A deep low pressure area will move onshore overnight, increasing winds from the south.

Gusts could reach upwards of 55-65 mph along the Washington coast. That’s where high surf could create super dangerous conditions along the water as well.
Gusts could range between 50-60 mph for the South Sound, Kitsap Peninsula and the Southwest Interior.
For those covered in a Wind Advisory, there could be gusts to 45-50 mph.