Seattle weather: Quiet Thursday, rain returns again Friday

I'm Chief Meteorologist Brian McMillan. Let's talk about your forecast. I want to start with yesterday because we hit 67 degrees. We broke the all-time record for November 11th. That was set back in 1990. The old record was 65. We beat that pretty good. Now today, we could set another record. We have a forecast tonight of 62. The record is 61 degrees and we got a wet weekend ahead. So things are going to start to cool down. But up until then, hey, we're looking pretty mild. Here's your rainfall totals for the month so far. We're at a little over two inches. We had that almost inch of rain on Tuesday and almost a half inch of rain on Monday. That really set us up nicely for the first part of the month. This is our typically our wettest month of the year where we get the most amount of storm systems that come through bringing a lot of soaking rain. We're going to be seeing that yet again here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Here's our next system that's winding up offshore. That'll be impacting us coming up tomorrow. Now let's talk about Well, you can expect the rest of the day today is just going to be cloudy. There could be a couple of sunbreaks in the mix, but expect cloudy skies. Then we get into your Friday. That's where we're going to start to see the influence of that system. Bringing in some showers, some breezy winds through the gaps in the Cascades. So some of those areas like Edgemont and Snoqualmie and Gold Bar are going to be seeing those gusty easterly winds. And then you'll get some gusty southerly winds out along the coast. Friday's system is not going to be a huge soaker for us, but we'll get into Saturday and especially Saturday night. That'll be our next much stronger system, and that will be bringing some gusty wind along with it. And this will be especially strong out along the coast. OK, we'll be watching that as we get a little bit closer. Highs today topping out in the low 60s. Expect mostly cloudy skies, overall very mild temperatures. East of the Cascades will be into the 50s. And we'll be in the 50s down south towards Portland, Salem, and Eugene. Expect dry conditions throughout the day today across the Pacific Northwest. Snow levels will be dropping eventually as we get into the weekend. But we start running out of moisture. So snow will certainly be falling up high. On Sunday, I wouldn't be surprised if we get a few inches up at White and Stevens passes. Snoqualmie Pass probably is going to be in the clear until perhaps Monday where we have a few lingering showers. But that should still be a smooth go coming up. Sunset tracker time. All right, tonight's sunset will be at 437. In just three weeks, we will see our sun setting at 4.20. And in the middle part of December is when we have our earliest sunsets at 4.18 p.m. And then we start rebounding, going the other way, gaining back some daylight after the winter solstice. All right, here's a look at your seven-day forecast. Breezy and wet here Friday evening through Sunday. And then as we get into next week, Monday, we'll just see a few leftover showers. Tuesday and Wednesday are looking partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the low 50s. That's a look at your weather. Have a great day.