“Storm-o-ween” was the Saturday headline on the North Coast News publication in Ocean Shores. According to the National Weather Service in Seattle, the first storm was slated to move through the coastal regions with winds up to 45 mph and about an inch of rain. The second storm follows on Halloween evening with several inches of rain forecast and winds up to 55 mph. This prompts local emergency agencies to warm coastal residents about power outages, landslides, high surf and flooding. A very stormy period, for sure.
Locally, these storms will bring lighter rain and breezy conditions, with the heaviest rainfall in the northern portion of our state. Monday and Tuesday, if the weather system stalls, rivers up north could be at flood stage. The freezing levels will be near 10,000 feet in the Cascades, with lots of snowmelt.
Our workweek looks fairly quiet as a ridge of high pressure is forecast to settle in. Conditions could be rather mild.
For those of you out and about tonight, most showers should be over with. As of noon Saturday, Vancouver had measured 4 inches of rain, about an inch above average. With the rain last night and today, October will exit on a wet note.
