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KIRO 7’s Pinpoint Meteorologists have called for Pinpoint Alert Days through at least Thursday night.
Power is still out for thousands of Washingtonians because of strong wind gusts that rolled in from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.A Wind Advisory is out for much of Western Washington through 7 pm, and for the northern islands and waters until 11 pm.
Wind gusts from the south and southwest will be turning westerly through mid-evening. This will be of impact for the Seahawks game! Wind gusts will be in the 35-45mph range with isolated gusts to 50 mph, especially near water. We could have slightly stronger gusts than that around Whidbey Island.
While these winds are stiff, the tree damage and power outages from this next hit of wind should not be nearly as extensive.
Rainfall will be spotty around the Sound but some heavier downpours will fall at the coast this evening.
In the mountains, it has turned to rain and freezing rain for a few hours, but a Winter Storm Warning goes into effect for Friday and Saturday, and it looks like we’ll have a changeover to heavy snow by mid-evening tonight.
Expect periods of snow and difficult pass travel to persist almost indefinitely into Christmas week as we’ll continue to be in a moist and chilly weather pattern. One to two feet of snow will fall at the passes by Saturday evening with two to three feet on higher slopes.
In the lowlands, beyond Thursday’s storminess, we’ll see things calm down in the following days with occasional showers, sunbreaks, and highs in the 40s.
By around the middle of next week, snow levels in the overnight and early morning hours could be low enough for some wet snow or rain/snow mix in the foothills and spots across the far north, but the chance of meaningful lowland snow for Christmas appears slim at this time.
KIRO 7 will have live team coverage of the ongoing flood threat and impacts. Stay with us on-air and online at kiro7.com/flooding.
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