A train of storms moving in from the Pacific will deliver multiple rounds of heavy rain and mountain snow to the Northwest and northern Rockies through the weekend.
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00:00 Well, as you're taking a look at the
00:02 infrared satellite here in the Pacific
00:03 Northwest, you'll notice a couple
00:05 clouds cruising across the region,
00:06 but. I want to turn your attention here.
00:10 To this, this is our next storm and
00:11 that is going to bring a little more
00:13 in the way of wet weather back to
00:15 the northwest, but it's not here yet.
00:17 So today soak up that sunshine across I5,
00:19 Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia and
00:20 even Longview in the 40s today.
00:22 And we are looking at mainly some
00:24 sunshine across the region.
00:25 In fact, that sunshine stays all
00:27 the way out toward Helena 44 degrees.
00:29 Today 39 in Boise.
00:30 Hey, I didn't say it was a warm day.
00:32 I just said it was a sunny one.
00:34 Even the sunshine,
00:35 though a little harder to find in Spokane.
00:37 Peaks of it here and there only
00:39 getting to 28 degrees,
00:40 so if clouds a little more present
00:42 across eastern Washington back
00:44 towards 65 degrees in Redding and
00:45 49 degrees in Medford, Oregon.
00:47 Hopefully you enjoy that little taste
00:49 of sun even with the chill in spots
00:51 because tis the season not just
00:53 for the holidays my friends,
00:54 but check out Seattle in a given year.
00:57 You'll notice how from the summer
00:58 we quickly cruise into fall and
01:00 winter with a lot more rain in a
01:02 given month. For example,
01:04 in November the historical average
01:05 amount of rain in Seattle is 6.31 inches.
01:08 That's a lot,
01:08 especially compared to July when
01:10 they don't even get an inch.
01:12 Now that rain we're going to add to
01:14 the totals as we look to Thursday,
01:16 which I guess technically is the first day.
01:18 Nope, last day of November.
01:19 I was going to say it was the first day
01:22 of December, but that's on Friday.
01:24 So here we go.
01:25 Adding to the totals on the last day
01:27 of November, I was just pointing
01:28 out in the infrared satellite.
01:30 It's going to bring some rain
01:32 back toward I-5 and then as you
01:33 get up to the Cascade Mountain Range,
01:35 more in the way of snowfall,
01:37 even down toward past level,
01:38 and that continues into Friday as well.
01:40 Snowfall in the mountains more in
01:42 the way of rain into the valleys,
01:44 the low lying areas,
01:45 and that snowfall even a couple snow
01:46 showers back toward the Bitterroot Range,
01:48 back toward the Lewis Range in Montana.
01:50 And even as you're getting down to
01:52 the Rockies into parts of Wyoming,
01:53 we are looking more in the way of some snow.
01:56 We're looking at some more
01:57 here is here and as we head into
01:59 the weekend we've got another storm
02:00 that yes could bring some flakes
02:02 back to the higher elevations of
02:04 the Cascades in the Rockies,
02:05 but more than anything,
02:06 this storm is going to be a little
02:08 bit warmer overall and it's going
02:10 to bring some soaking rain back to
02:11 I-5 look through Friday, Saturday,
02:13 Sunday, even into Monday morning.
02:14 How wet it is back toward I-5.
02:16 This is going to make travel
02:18 really uncomfortable,
02:18 and if you want the gist of it,
02:21 the flavor of the week here in Seattle,
02:23 I wasn't kidding when I said enjoy today,
02:25 even with the chill.
02:26 At least it's some sunshine in the afternoon.
02:28 After that,
02:29 it's tough to bring the sun back into
02:31 the picture at least for the next week.