Let the good times roll.
Our extended stretch of pleasant fall weather shows no signs of abating anytime soon, with another week of dry conditions in the cards. Bookended by nighttime and morning fog, the next several days will vary little from previous ones (excluding yesterday and its daylong cloudcover), as high pressure overhead makes for a string of sunny afternoons.
The only difference? A slight increase in temperature—although it won’t be as warm as originally predicted.
Highs will gradually rise from the lower 60s today to the mid 60s tomorrow as we pull in some warmer air off the Cascades (the winds on Friday are expected to blow from an easterly direction across the mountains). Closer to the foothills, some spots could even flirt with the upper 60s—but for the main Seattle metro, peak readings will top out around 65 degrees as the weekend gets underway.
The pattern repeats itself Saturday and Sunday, with fog to start, sun to finish and highs hovering in the low to mid 60s. While that’s not record-busting warmth, we’ll still be a good 5 degrees or so above the mid-October norm of 58 degrees.
The strong upper level ridge responsible for keeping the rains at bay remains in place through the middle of next week, extending our dry spell to double digits—Seattle should notch its tenth straight dry day next Tuesday. As impressive as that sounds, given October’s history for sogginess, it’s not even within shouting distance of the all-time October mark for consecutive days without rain. That record belongs to 1986, which reeled off 23 straight dry days to begin October, before 0.04 inches finally fell on the 24th of the month. (Second place is a split between October 1978 and October 1952, each of which had 19-day rain-free streaks.)
Right now, this October’s dry weather looks to extend through much of next week, with long-range weather models finally hinting at the ridge’s demise come next Friday. Until then, it’ll be steady as she goes around here—in other words, more sun and more 60s.
And more time to spend outdoors before the rainy season kicks in.
