Seattle residents should brace themselves for a wet and windy weekend, with the National Weather Service forecasting an 80% chance of rain tonight, particularly after 10 pm, and consistent rainfall through Sunday. Temperatures are expected to hover around the high 40s, while gusts could reach up to 21 mph.
The city is likely to see new precipitation amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch tonight; the rain will persist on Saturday, which has 100% chance of precipitation and could bring another quarter to half an inch of rain, just as the temperature steadies around 49 degrees, although it will be complemented by strong south winds gusting up to 20 mph, as detailed by the National Weather Service.
According to the NWS, the rain should ease up slightly by Sunday night, with only a 20 percent chance of precipitation before 10 pm, and the skies will start to clear up as we head into the early days of the next week, there is a slightly warmer forecast at the horizon with Monday sporting partly sunny skies and a high of 47 degrees. The forecast indicates the possibility of rain creeping back into the picture by midweek; Tuesday night might bring in some light rain and forecasts suggest an ongoing chance of more showers heading into Wednesday with temperatures remaining consistently in the 40s.
