The first storm of the official fall season arrived on schedule Wednesday with a quick burst of rain around the morning commute but abated for the noontime dash for lunch and running errands. It was breezy, but temperatures were on the mild side.
I was up in the Heights neighborhood, and the colorful leaves were actually ripping off the trees as my handheld wind gauge indicated 30-35 mph gusts. At the same time along the Southern Washington Coast winds were peaking at 50 mph and a bit higher. A robust weather system.
More steady rain was on tap for Wednesday night and we will have showers today and more gusty winds — and also a risk of a thunderstorm. Temperatures will be notably lower. Another weather system swings inland Friday mainly as a warm front, so the rain instead of convection in nature will be more stratus type with lower clouds and light steady rain (maybe smaller raindrops).
High pressure slowly builds in over the weekend, but it will not be totally rain-free. By Monday we should be seeing plenty of blue skies and highs inching upward into the 70s and then 80 degrees on Tuesday. It is questionable how long the warm weather will last next week, but I’m thinking all week. We’ll nail that down on Sunday.
