Major rainfall returns after brief break

Good Tuesday evening, everyone. I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center. Another wet and windy day across the Pacific Northwest. The good news is we're going to see some drier conditions here heading into our Wednesday. Warmer conditions as well. We're talking about potential record highs here in the Seattle area with those highs reaching the mid-60s. Now, we do see gusty conditions and especially some more rain out along the coast. So we've got wind advisory still in effect. And of course, we are tracking more atmospheric river. conditions Friday, Saturday, as well as into Sunday, bringing, of course, more rain and wind across the Pacific Northwest also. Looking at temperatures today, mid-50s for SeaTac, Seattle and Tacoma. Average high this time of year is 53, so above that today, even warmer by almost 10 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Looking at our Doppler radar here, we do have the atmospheric river set up all the way out into the Pacific. You can see this long plume of moisture Drawing up that warmer, milder air. We're bringing it right into our area, bringing us those heavier showers, warmer temperatures, bring more moisture. That's how we see more of the rain with atmospheric rivers. So looking across the Pacific Northwest today. Heavier rains. We do start to taper later this evening, but still with all that heavy rain moving through, we do have a flood watch. And in fact, for Mason County, rain totals two to three and a half inches in total and snow levels are high as well. So any of the rain that does fall, fall straight as rain, even in the mountains. So creating potentially flooding conditions at the Skookumish River. This continues through Wednesday evening at seven o'clock. Looking at our conditions also out along the coast on our waterways, we have high surf advisories out towards the beaches. Major ocean waves out there. We've been seeing some crazy videos out there, so please be very careful. Also, coastal flood advisory up towards western Whatcom County and the San Juan Islands. High tides with a potential tidal overflow in some of those parking lots. That's especially for 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. Futurecast, so drier conditions tonight for the Puget Sound area. A few more showers west out towards the coast. That continues throughout the day Wednesday. We do have a cold front kind of stalled offshore. That's why we're seeing more of those showers. To the west versus over the Puget Sound. Throughout today, Wednesday evening, we see heavier showers. Vancouver Island and Forks still mostly dry in the I-5 corridor. Heading into Thursday, still looking nice and dry. This is your drier day this week. Mostly cloudy skies, potentially a sunbreak throughout the afternoon. Enjoy this day because heading into Friday, we start to see those showers returning out towards the coast. Friday morning throughout the day, Friday more scattered showers, and that continues into the weekend. Snow-wise, not a whole lot of it. Snow levels 7,000 and 9,000 feet. High elevation mountain snow slowly dropping into Sunday and Monday, but still above Stevens Pass. Looking at our conditions wind-wise, gusty winds through the rest of tonight out towards the beaches, continuing to be strong through Wednesday evening as well as into our Thursday. Gustier conditions out there. It picks up again for Friday across the area. Wind alerts until 7 p.m. Wednesday, especially north. Marysville, Bellingham, Whidbey Island, Camano as well as out towards the coast through 7 p.m. again. Into the evening tomorrow, so those winds just continue. Temperatures tonight, low 50s, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia. Tomorrow, highs will be in the 60s. It will be closer to 70 degrees for some spots down towards Tacoma, Centralia. 67, Bellingham, low 60s out towards the coast. And looking at your extended forecast, we do see mid-60s for Wednesday, mostly cloudy Thursday. Wet and breezy Friday, Saturday, Sunday with slowly cooling temperatures into early next week. We still see more showers lingering into. Early Tuesday.