Staring down the barrel of a very large storm system - from the National Weather Service (excerpted):
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Seattle WA
359 AM PST Tue Nov 21 2017
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Portions of northwest Washington and west central Washington,
including the following counties, in northwest Washington,
Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Skagit, and Whatcom.
In west central Washington, King, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish,
and Thurston.
From local weather guru Cliff Mass:
Warm Temperature Records Will Fall As A Strong Atmospheric River Hits the Pacific Northwest
The next 48-hr will be stunning in a number of ways: very heavy precipitation in the mountains, river flooding, and temperatures that will reach record levels.
And the forecasts:
Add them all together for the 72h total ending 4 PM Turkey Day. Much of the mountains get 5-10 inches, with a few places in the Olympics getting more. Expect flooding on a number of rivers. And yes, our snow will do some serious melting.
But what really will be amazing will be the temperatures. Here are the forecasts from the National Weather Service SREF ensemble for Seattle...many of the members will reach into the LOWER 60s on Wednesday....probably breaking the daily record.
Spent two hours yesterday on a ladder cleaning leaves out our house's gutters - talk about perfect timing!
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