Thursday will be the calm between storms as the next round of rain and wind takes aim at the Pacific Northwest later tonight and into Friday.
Showers continue in western Washington on Thursday morning, but the wind and rain are significantly calmer than yesterday. The bomb cyclone responsible for Tuesday night’s storm is now well offshore and continues to slowly push its way west, but it is still managing to impact our weather today. More showers are possible in the central and south Puget Sound areas this afternoon, but there will be a lot of dry time as well.
They will start blowing early Friday morning as easterly Cascade gap winds and won’t be as widespread as Tuesday's storm. Winds will then switch to southerly heading into Friday midday. Those winds will be felt more widespread.Winds on the coast could have gusts as strong as 45 to 55 mph. The Eastside and foothills could see gusts in the 40 to 50 mph range early.
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