Summer is coming. But first, we’ve got to get through one more day of rain and wind
Put on your neck braces. We’re about to experience weather whiplash.
Sometime on Tuesday, the spigot will be turned off the atmospheric rivers that have been pounding the Pacific Northwest since Sunday. On Wednesday, the broiler gets turned on.
First, the wet
A wind advisory was in effect for the South Sound on Monday. The highest gusts of 40 miles per hour would expected to occur after midnight, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Trent Davis.
Rain totals should be about half an inch for the second, weaker atmospheric river after it’s finished by late Tuesday, Davis said. Wednesday will be a transition day.
“Wednesday should be pretty dry for you guys,” the Seattle-based Davis said.
Here’s comes the sun
Temperatures should begin climbing on Wednesday, Davis said, with Friday and Saturday seeing highs in the upper 70s.
“Give or take a couple of degrees, you might hit 80,” he said.
Things cool off a little on Sunday with a forecast high of 73.
The precipitation forecast for June 9-13 shows below normal rainfall, Davis said. Temperatures should be above normal.
