Major rainfall returns to Western WA

Fox - Seattle
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Nov 9, 2026
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Yep, here we go.
The parade of storms heading
our direction now for the rest of the week.
Luckily, no fog like that here right now.
We dealt with some really thick fog around Halloween morning,
if you remember back just a couple weeks ago.
But we've got great visibility right now.
The clouds are starting to thicken up
as we're watching for some of the increase in clouds
ahead of this next disturbance that's going to be sliding in here.
Temperatures right now, mid-50s in parts of Federal Way.
We're currently at 49 degrees in Gig Harbor,
47 degrees in Shelton, and 45.
in Olympia. Moving our way northward just a bit.
Bainbridge Island at 51. We've got Bremerton at 49
degrees. And we're continuing to see temperatures
in the low 50s around Bothell and Everett,
Arlington, Mount Vernon 53.
A little cooler up there for parts of Bellingham. As we check out
that live Doppler radar, we continue
to see increasing clouds ahead of this frontal system
that's going to be moving onshore.
We're already seeing a little bit of rainfall just off the
coastline. And this is going to move its way
into the Washington coastal regions in about
Next couple of hours as we get into the early afternoon
and then finally pushing its way
farther east into the I-5 corridor
by the time we get into later today, likely in time
for the commute home from work.
Tomorrow, we're setting us up for a weak atmospheric river.
We will see some heavier downpours of rain.
I say weak because there's
a slightly stronger one getting ready to take shape for the end
of the week on Friday and into the upcoming weekend.
Winds are going to become gusty during the day on Tuesday.
We do have wind advisories that are going
to go into effect during that time frame.
And as far as rainfall totals, this would be great.
We're talking about easily a half an inch
and more around parts of the Puget Sound lowlands outside for today.
Get anything done early because the rain will start
to ramp up later this afternoon and evening.
Seven-day forecast.
Here's a look at that atmospheric river for the later part
of the week, Friday and into the weekend.
And how about that?
Mild temperatures for Veterans Day, 65 degrees.
