Wicked Winter Weather Headed For Puget Sound This Week

SEATTLE, WA - First the good news for the upcoming week: It will not be bitterly cold like last week, and ski resorts across the state might finally be able to open.

The bad news? There's a wet, windy storm moving toward Puget Sound. The week will be cloudy, breezy, and (did we mention) wet. We'll see sun on Monday until showers move in later in the day.

Up in the mountains, the rain will fall as snow - as much a 3 feet by the end of the day Tuesday. Travel across the passes will no doubt be affected. There's also a wind advisory in effect through Tuesday afternoon for the Pacific Coast and parts of the Puget Sound interior, but only about as far south as Everett.

Here's the full forecast for the week from the National Weather Service:

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind 11 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Rain. High near 49. Breezy, with a south wind 7 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Rain. Low around 40. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. South southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 43.

Friday: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 49.

Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

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