The lull before the storm, which is expected later tonight, and another one Saturday night. We could still see some spotty showers today before the next stronger system brings us more rain tonight into tomorrow morning. This system will mainly bring some rain, probable around a half an inch. The third and strongest of the systems impacts the coast Saturday night bringing strong winds and areas of heavy rain. This system has the potential to bring high winds to the beaches tomorrow night, gusting to at least 65 mph, and dumping 1-3” of rain into Sunday morning. Another wave will bring another dose of potentially heavy rain (another 1-3”) Sunday night into Monday morning, and, if you are planning travel across the Cascades you need to be prepared for tumbling snow levels with significant snow amounts expected down to near pass level (3,500-4,000’) by late Sunday afternoon and night. Once we get past all this, it appears a ridge may dry thing up, briefly, around the middle of next week.
So, with all this bad weather the National Weather Service has issued the following Advisories, Watches and Warnings:
High Wind Watch from Saturday evening through late Saturday night near the beaches and highlands for potential wind gust to 65 mph.
Gale Warning for the coastal waters from 6pm this evening until 5pm Saturday.
Storm Watch for the same waters from Saturday afternoon thru Sunday morning.
High Surf Advisory has not been issued (yet).
Coastal Flood Watch is being evaluated due to the expected higher tides and surf.
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