Time to wipe away the deficit.
Seattle is running one inch below normal on rainfall this month, with just 2.40 inches in the bucket so far—versus the 3.42 typically collected through mid-November. Our shortcomings won’t last much longer, however, as a powerful rainmaker blasts through the Sound tomorrow, lifting the monthly precipitation total back to average.
Better enjoy that final day of underachievement.
Light rain will fall on occasion through the afternoon hours today, but by November standards, it’ll be subpar—most places will only pick up a tenth of an inch. Temperatures will once again hover around the 50-degree mark under persistently gray skies.
The clouds continue to dog us into tonight, but the rain should wrap up by mid-evening as today’s system clears out. With a warm front tied to tomorrow’s storm fast approaching, though, temperatures won’t fall too far, bottoming out in the upper 40s overnight.
Rain quickly spreads into the region by sunrise Monday, becoming moderate in intensity during the late morning. As we head further into the day, heavy downpours will be possible at times—especially from Seattle southward. Rainfall totals should exceed an inch for most of the metro area—likely rivaling Nov. 7 (1.18 inches) for the wettest day of the month. (The all-time rainfall record for tomorrow is a whopping 2.06 inches from 2003—an amount we won’t come close to topping.)
Breezy winds out of the south will also target the city during the late afternoon and evening, with gusts to 30 mph or so—blustery, but nothing too special for November. The rain and wind then slowly die down as night sets in, with just scattered showers lurking around Tuesday morning. By then, of course, the month should be back to respectability in the rainfall department, with over three and a half inches to its name.
The drying trend continues through the rest of Tuesday, with a possible Puget Sound Convergence Zone the only fly in the ointment for the metro area. All shower activity should wind down by the evening hours, with much colder air dropping temperatures into the mid 30s by Wednesday morning.
A period of cool, sunny weather then takes hold for the remainder of the week, with highs only in the mid 40s and lows near freezing each day. With high pressure setting up shop just to our west, rain should stay out of the picture through at least Friday—meaning we could find ourselves in the red once again.
Ah, the upside of falling shy of November’s soggy expectations.
