The chilly weather continues with another cold front on the way

SEATTLE FORECAST:

Morning Low: 46

Afternoon High: 53 (Average Seattle high: 66)

The chilly weather continues and it’s about to be reinforced with another cold front from the Pacific on Thursday. This will bring another unseasonably cool day Thursday and rain at times, with some of those showers already starting at the coast this afternoon.

But for the interior of Western Washington, including Puget Sound, expect some drier times this evening with some areas of rain picking up in the overnight into the morning daytime hours of Thursday. This front moving in is a slow-mover with rain increasing in the late morning around Puget Sound continuing into the afternoon. It will also be breezy at times through the morning and even into the afternoon before subsiding late. Some wind gusts over 25mph will be likely as well as about a quarter inch of rain on average – keeping the rain tally going for many areas that have already seen more rain in the first ten days of May than we usually get in an entire month.

Highs on Thursday will only be in the low 50s. Snow levels will be around 4,000 feet, so we could get a few inches of snow around Stevens Pass and on the higher highways and volcanoes.

Friday will be drier with some sunshine but can’t totally rule out a pocket or two of rain. Highs will be back in the upper 50s.

This weekend will be somewhat milder with Seattle highs getting into the lower 60s. But expect some clouds, some sunbreaks, and occasional rain showers too – especially Sunday.

Next week will be similar to this one, though we could have more highs getting into the lower 60s along with some drier days, though the rain chances will continue from time to time.

So far, we’re still seeing the coolest spring (April 1-present) in Western Washington as a whole since 2011 and Seattle is experiencing the coldest start to the month of May since 2002!

We continue to monitor the trends as we go through this month and even in the long range, and there’s no reason to believe we’ll get out of an overall “cool” weather pattern through at least early to mid June. Beyond that, we could transition to a somewhat warmer and drier time in the summer but that’s not a certainy.

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