If this past weekend was an appetizer for fall weather, the first course is coming later this week - just in time for the start of September!
Today was a fairly nice day! Got to the upper-70s or low-80s around the area...though I did notice a bit of haze in the air - looks like a bit of smoke from the fires just easy of Snoqualmie Pass made its way towards us this afternoon. One more decent late-summer day tomorrow (Tuesday) - we'll go with partly-cloudy, highs in the low-70s.
Wednesday will be pretty wet, a tad windy, and relatively chilly:
- We might see a few showers late Tuesday night, but the main part of the system moves into the area late-morning Wednesday...and it stays pretty damp throughout the day. Looking like somewhere near or around a half-inch by Wednesday night.
- Winds will be a little breezy, especially mid-day Wednesday as the main part of the system moves through - could be as high as around 20 mph, which is not a traditional "windstorm" by any means...but since this is the first batch of stronger gusts in a while, and the trees are still fully-leaved, we could see more broken branches than normal.
- The afternoon high temp will only be in the upper-50s, or low-60s if we're lucky...that's not even "shorts weather" in my book.
We'll remain in an "unsettled weather pattern" Thursday through the weekend - at this point, it looks to stay on the cooler side (though should climb back into at least the upper-60s!), and chances of showers. But while we're definitely heading towards fall, I wouldn't be surprised if summer has a couple more cards left to play over the next few weeks - stay tuned!