The rain gauge at Sea-Tac must be getting pretty bored.
In the past two months, the airport has measured just .03 inches, all of it falling in the last two weeks. What’s more, on the three occasions that measurable rainfall has made its way into the gauge, the amount has been the exact same—.01 inches.
You’ve really got to pity that poor gauge—even when it’s managed to rain, variety has been non-existent.
Unfortunately for Seattle’s official rain recorder, the boredom isn’t going away anytime soon. With high pressure in control for the next several days—save Monday night, when a pathetic front limps across the region—rainy weather will remain well to our north, leaving us dry.
Tomorrow should start off the same as today, with clear skies and temperatures around 50 degrees. We’ll rebound to 70 degrees by afternoon time, with the sky becoming cloudier as the aforementioned front approaches the area.
Any rain with the front will be confined to the coast Monday night, with some light drizzle possible east of Seattle Tuesday morning. (Sorry, rain gauge, it’s looking like a trace at best for Sea-Tac.) By the afternoon hour, partly sunny skies will return, with highs around 65 degrees.
Another ridge of high pressure takes hold Wednesday and Thursday, allowing temperatures to jump back into the low 70s after morning clouds burn off.
It’s back to work for our idling gauge come Friday, as a semi-decent front sags south through the area. While the front is nothing impressive by early fall standards, it should pack enough of a punch to give Sea-Tac more than .01 inches—perhaps as much as a tenth of an inch.
A gullywasher in the eyes of our dried-up rain gauge.
